BYTE Is Coming Back 185
harrymcc writes "More than a dozen years after its death, BYTE magazine is still the most beloved computer magazine of all time — the one that employees of every other tech mag got used to being compared unfavorably with. And now it's being revived, in the form of a new BYTE.com. The new version isn't replicating the focus of the old BYTE — it's focused on the use of consumer tech products in a business environment — and I'm pretty positive it won't feature Robert Tinney's art or epic Jerry Pournelle columns. But I'm glad to see the legendary brand back in use rather than sitting in limbo."
Byte is gone, the world has changed. (Score:5, Informative)
In other words, somebody bought the domain name to byte.com and is now trying to drum up interest in a new website with content unrelated to the original magazine on the assertion that they have the same name. Fail.
I'm not missing Jerry Pournelle either, but the deep background articles that were THE killer feature of the dead tree publication now live on sites like acmqueue, arstechnica and others.
The king is dead, long live the king; shame on those pretending to take its throne by taking its name.
Christmas 1975 BYTE Cover (Score:5, Informative)
Christmas 1975 BYTE Cover - Computers: The Ultimate Toys [digibarn.com]. Digibarn has more BYTE covers [digibarn.com] from the '70s and '80s. Outstanding!