VNU Net: Linux tempts back Sinclair

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 28, 1999

Thanks to “Paul” for this link.

“Inventor and entrepreneur Sir Clive Sinclair is planning a
return to the IT market with a low-price portable machine based on
Linux and non-Intel chips, writes Robert Juman Blincoe.”

“Sinclair believes the product will receive support from the
corporate and academic markets because Linux has already secured
great loyalty in these sectors.”

“He claims his proposed machine, which will take two years to
come to market, will be built around a cheaper processor than
Intel’s.”

Clive Sinclair is one of the most famous computing figures
in the UK, inventing the Sinclair ZX80/81/Spectrum amongs other
things. -lt ed


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