> considered their advances in computing during World War 2 to be so important that they hid them and left the USA to capitalise on the innovation Can you expa

> considered their advances in computing during World War 2 to be so important that they hid them and left the USA to capitalise on the innovation Can you expand on that or provide a link? The codebreaking work (Colossus) was kept secret until the 70s but the researchers involved went on to successful academic and commercial projects immediately after the war, with ENIAC (a more general machine than Colossus) built in 1946. The story of the UK's computer manufacturing industry over the ensuing decades is a sad one, but I'm not convinced government secrecy over WW2 technology had much to do with it. I'm no historian, though, so perhaps you can set me right.