Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> I still wonder why Byte, once a leading magazine (*the* maganize) on
> computers and related electronics transformed itself into a me-too type
> of computer magazine (aimed at managers instead of techies), and (of
> course) lost its readers and had to quit. Was the old format unfit for
> the new times? Or did some manager think this was a smart move? 

I was told that at least in the case of the Circuit Cellar column that 
when BYTE was purchased by McGraw-Hill Publishing their legal staff 
was very nervous about the magazine publishing anything that suggested 
a reader modify their computer, build any electronics that had even 
the slightest chance of harming someone, damaging anything, etc. That 
pretty much killed all the parts I liked.

We're probably straying from the [EE] topic now so I changed my reply.

Tim
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