On Apr 26, 16:09, John Honniball wrote:
> I've heard the area around Cambridge, UK, referred to as
> "Silicon Fen". The Fens are a low-lying area of
> countryside near Cambridge.
>
> Also, in Scotland there's "Silicon Glen". Somewhere near
> Edinburgh, I think. Possibly referring to the HP works
> there.
It's actually the area around Glenrothes, on the other side of the River
Forth (and parties on both sides would be offended to be confused with the
other :-)). There used to be (still are?) lots of electronics companies
around there -- though HP is in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, not in
Silicon Glen. The most famous Glenrothes company I can think of is (er,
was) Rodime.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Wed Apr 26 2000 - 13:01:49 BST