L. M. Rappaport wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 23:40:56 -0800, you wrote (with possible editing):
> 
> >WRT Byte, I was a charter subscriber back in ?1977?. I didn't renew after
> >the first year because Dr. Dobbs had come along and seemed to be doing a
> >much better job then Byte. Dr. Dobbs itself succumbed to commercialization
> >when Miller-Freeman bought them although it lives on in name. These days, I
> >just surf (and read squeaky mail lists :-) ).
> 
> Wow, I followed the same exact path!  Started with Byte and then
> became more interested in software than hardware, moved to Dr. Dobbs
> where I stayed until it went commercial.
> 
> These days there isn't any one place where you can read about what's
> new and exciting.  It takes a lot of surfing.  This place is a rare
> and pleasant exception.
> 

IMHO www.slashdot.org is a good place for technical news, with a lot of
pointers to interesting
articles about new technology. 



Markus

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