On 3/6/2014 7:52 PM, IVP wrote:
>> My recollection is that the amateur tech magazines were
>> struggling long before the popularity of the Internet in the
>> late '90s.  The WWW was merely the final nail in the coffin.
> I wonder what has really caused that.
> Joe

RS is trying to be a store for everyone and in that they lost their=20
identity. RS could make a comeback in a huge way by returning to their=20
roots and add on things like areas where you actually have classes for=20
the public that would educate but also would be a hands on demo for=20
retail stores.  RS employees in the distant past were not just anyone=20
who could fill out an application, some stores had people who had years=20
of knowledge with things like ham radio.
I owe RS a thanks for getting me into electronics, but really Forest=20
Mims II is more responsible. Those little mini engineering notebooks=20
they sold were my first education with electricity back in the 80's.

Mark

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