History
In 1978 Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper (while at Cambridge University) founded Acorn Computers. Andy Hopper is now the head of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Much of the code was developed at Cambridge University by Sophie Wilson and her colleagues.
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