Peter Flass
2021-04-18 01:24:23 UTC
Does anyone have any folklore about the (apparent) decline of the British
computer industry. Browsing Wikipedia it appears that Britain was on par
with, or slightly ahead of, the US in the 1950s, but by the ‘60s the US
seems to have pulled ahead, and now we don’t hear much about Britain.
I recall at one point, maybe in the ‘60s there was a lot of noise about
“Silicon Glen”, and the Transputer seemed to be a coming thing, but, after
that, nothing.
I know this NG has a lot of people from Rightpondia who have first-hand
knowledge of this period.
computer industry. Browsing Wikipedia it appears that Britain was on par
with, or slightly ahead of, the US in the 1950s, but by the ‘60s the US
seems to have pulled ahead, and now we don’t hear much about Britain.
I recall at one point, maybe in the ‘60s there was a lot of noise about
“Silicon Glen”, and the Transputer seemed to be a coming thing, but, after
that, nothing.
I know this NG has a lot of people from Rightpondia who have first-hand
knowledge of this period.
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Pete
Pete