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Electronic News Is Shutting Its Doors
ahess247 writes "You probably missed it, but last week, the publication that helped give Silicon Valley its name announced that it will be shutting down its paper edition next month. Electronic News is one of the oldest trade publications covering the electronics and semiconductor industries. Launched in 1957, it predates its main competitor EETimes by more than a decade. One of its main claims to fame is it was the first publication to ever use the phrase "Silicon Valley" in print. A reporter for the weekly paper, the late Don Hoefler wrote a series of stories entitled "Silicon Valley, USA" that started the week of Jan. 11, 1971. The name, as we all know, stuck. It was also within the pages of Electronic News that Intel Corp. first advertised its 4004 Microprocessor. Once considered the bible of the electronics industry, its last printed issue will go out to subscribers on Dec. 2. According to this press release from its current owner, Reed Business, the publication will shift to an "all digital format." All but three staffers have been let go, and they will produce what essentially amounts to an online newsletter. Not a fitting end for a publication with such an important place in the history of the semiconductors industry."
You sir are a troll, but that is ok I will still respond. Slashdot does very often run stories of new companies and new ideas. The problem is when they do people like you (I.E. Trolls) post messages bitching that all slashdot does anymore is run stories about new companies and new ideas, and that they must be advertisements not real stories.
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As for MS stealing from Apple... well, that's another story entirely.
-- james
Especially as he's offtopic anyway, and that pic's being doing the rounds for ages. Actually, I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a post that was ever so badly in need of about -5 Overrated whacks.
- Chris
Meta-moderation is for inappropriate mods, not disagreements. I don't mod down mods who have posted something 'interesting' which is in fact highly boring unless what they're saying was either covered in the article or simply a load of old tripe. On the other hand, Any time the words "Windows", "BSOD" and "+5" come up I'll mod it inappropriate, simply to reduce the amount of idiots who keep the circle going.
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Effectively making sure that most of the "news"/information folks get, comes from won place? As many can see, even rob has taken on the duty to MiSinform, buy touting the FraUDuleNT "wares" of the felonious kingdumb, on every other page. can jump-you ads be far behind? & howabout yOUR US posthole dept., making fuddle's a "partner"? kewl. m$mail? payper liesense virots right in the envelopes? yuk!
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