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While it is fair to say "Fujitsu," a more complete picture is a British company called International Computers Limited (ICL) acquired by Fujitsu after the Post
by adolph 3y ago
While it is fair to say "Fujitsu," a more complete picture is a British company called International Computers Limited (ICL) acquired by Fujitsu after the Post Office job started. ICL seems like a British variant of IBM.
The Horizon accounting system was developed by ICL Pathway, owned by the Japanese company Fujitsu. [0]
International Computers Limited (ICL) was a British computer hardware, computer software and computer services company that operated from 1968 until 2002. [1]
In May 1996, ICL Pathway Limited (later Fujitsu Services (Pathway) Limited) was awarded the private finance initiative contract to develop the Horizon IT system to modernize Post Office and Benefits Agency operations. [1]
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Computers_Limited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Computers_Limite...
- alibarber 3y agoThe reference from that first wikipedia article, here: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03011561/filing-history/OTM1OTYwNTZhZGlxemtjeA/document?format=pdf&download=0 https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c..., dated 1996, states on the final page that the ultimate controller of ICL Pathway (who developed Horizon) was, at this time (1996), indeed Fujitsu. It wasn't like Fujitsu had bought the company and inherited the liability - they had in fact themselves bid for and won the project - via these intermediaries.