Eu encontrei isso em um Reddit AMA de Charles Stross :
I only recently realised Bob's initials were BOFH!! do you frequent theregister still, or comment on it? [...]
[–]cstross[S] 18 points 3 years ago
I try to avoid The Register these days, but yes, that was a deliberate shout-out.
Então eu diria que, baseado nisso, foi planejado desde o início.