http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/09/help-fund-historic-computers-at-bletchley-park.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/09/help-fund-historic-computers-at-bletchley-park.html/comment-page-1#comment-5025 Nik Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:55:33 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2885#comment-5025 While I wholeheartedly support the funding of Bletchley as a real national treasure, I think it's important to be realistic about the impact it had on the early days of computing. While Colossus was certainly groundbreaking, it was also top secret. As a result it had a minimal impact on the fledgling computing research (Manchester Baby and Cambridge's EDSAC and EDSAC 2). Likewise while Turing was certainly a groundbreaking researcher, he was only one of many involved in creating the computer industry we all know and love. While I wholeheartedly support the funding of Bletchley as a real national treasure, I think it’s important to be realistic about the impact it had on the early days of computing.
While Colossus was certainly groundbreaking, it was also top secret. As a result it had a minimal impact on the fledgling computing research (Manchester Baby and Cambridge’s EDSAC and EDSAC 2). Likewise while Turing was certainly a groundbreaking researcher, he was only one of many involved in creating the computer industry we all know and love.

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