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Originally Posted by grond
Why Sinclair?
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because Clive was desperate in 86 - it was sold to Amstrad for only £5 million (+ £10 million for outstanding contracts ...)
It was a steal - the inventory of Spectrums was worth about the same..
The Spectrum kept on selling quite well under Amstrad for a couple of years.
The QL was stopped already under Clive, but an Amiga could have provided a nice upgrade path and even provide full compatibility:
QDOS4Amiga
Sinclair also had partnered up with Samsung in Korea for cheap production.
And it had all the necessary distribution channels all over Europe.
And even if the brand did not stand for high quality, at least Sinclair was known all over Europe and that would have made it much easier compared to a total newcomer in the business.