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On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 12:22:36 -0700, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2018-03-01, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2/28/2018 5:51 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Looking at the TOC reminded me how much I used to like Byte in the old
>>>> days, before they went over to the dark side.
>>> 
>>> Yes!  BYTE was wonderful and stimulating when it had substantive content 
>>> instead of just advertising pieces.  Although it was kind of good to 
>>> download source code, the cessation of printing source code with the 
>>> articles was a step away from substantive programming articles.
>> 
>> I used to read it religiously every month.  Then one day I woke up
>> and realized it had turned into Yet Another Wintel Rag, and gave
>> it up.  Before long, enough others relized this that it folded.
>> It was a sad end for what was once such an enjoyable magazine.
>> 
>
>It's sad. They went from a magazine with a small but well-established niche
>with devoted readers to an attempt to appeal to a larger readership who
>really didn't care. This is the story of a lot of small companies, not just
>magazines.

Yeah, when the Circuit Cellar went away, even though I would likely
never make anything in those articles, I realized something was wrong.
I didn't subscribe, so I had to drive to another town to get a copy.
When I saw loads of Windows adverts and articles... I hoped it was
merely a review issue... I read the articles and knew I would never
buy another copy as they told too glowing of claims about Windows I
knew was flat out nonsense.