Stuart Brady wrote:
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 06:13:24PM +0100, Thomas Harte wrote:
Oh, I don't know. Surely Sinclair's model works only if you can
establish yourself as the supplier of a proprietary computer aimed at
the price conscious end of the market? I don't see how that could
compete once
nev young wrote:
Stuart Brady wrote:
It seems to me that Sir Clive would never have been hugely worried
about maintaining a strong position within the market in the long
term... of course, that's not to say that he wouldn't have appreciated
having a 'cash cow' to fund his other project...
Then
It seems to me that successive governments since Thatcher have deliberately
tried to remove any manufacturing capability from the UK. My belief is the
action in the 70s and early 80s by the unions sealed the death knell of
British industry; foreign investors were terrified of getting involved
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:45:36 +0200, David Sanders
dsuzukisand...@gmail.com wrote:
That's a bit strong. I think foreign investors were already put off by
our far higher rates of pay in relation to newer manufacturing
opportunities in the far east. To call the workers of the 70s and 80s
workshy
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 06:13:24PM +0100, Thomas Harte wrote:
Oh, I don't know. Surely Sinclair's model works only if you can
establish yourself as the supplier of a proprietary computer aimed at
the price conscious end of the market? I don't see how that could
compete once a growing body of
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:31:25PM +0100, Ian Collier wrote:
You say open architecture, but it wasn't supposed to be open when
released. Most of the components could be easily copied, however,
and Compaq reverse-engineered the IBM BIOS to produce their own 100%
compatible machine. How would
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 09:39:54AM +0100, Geoff Winkless wrote:
[snip]
The actions of the unions
_in the 70s and 80s_ was utterly unreasonable. The idea of a union is that
a fair settlement can be reached by having a negotiator who can speak and
act on behalf of a large number of people
[...]
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 07:07:21AM +0100, nev young wrote:
I was thinking more along the lines of the UK having a manufacturing
base.
[...]
I appreciate that there was a problem there, although I do wonder how
long British manufacturing would have remained competitive, in view of
some our
