The one sure thing a “yes” vote Thursday for Scottish independence will bring to its high-tech sector is a long period of uncertainty.

Scotland is not major high-tech employment center, but it has good universities and entrepreneurial energy. About 70,000 people work in IT out of a total workforce of about 2.5 million, or about 3%. By contrast, financial services accounts for about 15% of employment in Scotland.

Scotland has 5.3 million people and is just a little larger than Colorado; in terms of size, it’s almost as large as South Carolina.

A separation from the U.K. would be jarring and would bring big problems to solve, including currency and European Union membership issues to settle. Passions are high.

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