tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post7404583828162118558..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: GCHQ Review, Part 2 - GCHQ and the Tech IndustryAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-55384763570415137242010-08-29T14:18:46.242+01:002010-08-29T14:18:46.242+01:00Nice. I've not read the key texts yet, but I h...Nice. I've not read the key texts yet, but I have a very strong impression that in the late 1960s, the reason that all bits of the British government wanted out from the 'buy British' order was that ICL (as it then wasn't) got into a horrendous tangle at the same time as mainframes were going up a generation, to the extent that the purchasers stopped believing that they could deliver what they were promising. The Home Office was able to get the Treasury to agree to a derogation: obviously GCHQ did too. I've yet to find any indication that the HO were learning from GCHQ at the time, though I doubt that there's anything in the open files that could tell me either way.<br /><br />Chris WilliamsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-89538321564809026472010-08-14T16:33:11.519+01:002010-08-14T16:33:11.519+01:00Interesting pair of posts. Thanks for the summary....Interesting pair of posts. Thanks for the summary.<br /><br />Minor nit: wasn't a *fourth* Enigma rotor that got added?Richi Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08710523617452741405noreply@blogger.com