Brilliant, the populace owe a large debt to the workers at Bletchley and owe a inconceivably large debt to Turing, remembering him for the genius and hard worker he was instead of the maltreatment that led to his death is a very good thing indeed.
Bletchley Park gets personal with new Alan Turing exhibition
Letters, academic work and personal belongings of wartime codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing, including a letter to his mother explaining his role in the outcome of World War II, went on display at Bletchley Park on Monday. James May cuts the ribbon on the new Alan Turing exhibition James May cuts the ribbon on the …
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Tuesday 6th March 2012 10:37 GMT Anonymous Coward
What a Joke
These papers are not worth any where near as much as is publicized or as was paid. These papers are merely copies of papers that are held in the GCHQ museum. What Bletchley Park have effectively done is spend £220,000 on papers that according to the relevant experts in the field are only worth £6000 at the most. Whilst from what I understand they didn't spend their own money on it and the purchase was sponsored by an outside party, that money could have been put to something considerably more important (Preserving the buildings for instance) assuming the donor was willing.
Whilst Alan Turing was an interesting character who definitely deserves recognition, I do feel that other peoples efforts are significantly understated. I think that they focus on Alan Turing because of the awful things that happened to him due to his sexuality. Whilst I by no means agree with these things, they did happen to a considerable number of people and none of these get the recognition that he does.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
