Nissan left California in 2005/2006 because we are famously expensive as a state in which to operate a business.

http://www.t-g.com/story/1125614.html

Choice Quotes:

Ghosn (CEO of Nissan) cited lower real estate and business taxes as major reasons for the move.

"The costs of doing business in Southern California are much higher than the costs of doing business in Tennessee," he said.

I wish all the various media would stop putting out product announcements from manufacturers unless the manufacturer has at least a price estimate. The news/story is meaningless without a price.

$400 = success
$1000 = epic fail

A link in the original post shows that they are in fact taking market share from LAMP.