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RIP, David Bunnell, Founder of More Major Computer Magazines Than Anyone (fastcompany.com)

Posted by msmash on from the rest-in-peace dept.

Reader harrymcc writes: David Bunnell has passed away. He stumbled into a job at PC pioneer MITS in the 1970s and went on to create the first PC magazine and first PC conference -- and, later on, PC Magazine, PC World, Macworld, and Macworld Expo. He was a remarkable guy on multiple fronts. Harry McCracken, who edited some of those magazines, shared some thoughts about why Bunnell mattered so much in a post at Fast Company.

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  1. RIP by unixisc · · Score: 2

    RIP, Mr Burnell

    1. Re: RIP by 110010001000 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.

  2. magazine memories by unixisc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually, PC Magazine was a pretty good magazine in the 90s, when there actually was a healthy PC industry in the US - close to 100 PC companies, based not just in the Bay Area but also in the MidWest and other places in the US. I used to enjoy those magazines. PC World was much more simplistic - didn't really like that. Wasn't a follower of the Macs then, although I was somewhat interested when the Mac cloning program was on, and when there were multiple PPC OSs in contention for the Mac - Copeland, BeOS, OS/2... until Jobs returned to Apple merging NEXT along w/ it.

    Some of the ZD magazines out there were pretty good - PC Magazine, InfoWorld.... The gem amongst the magazines was BYTE - that was one that I actually subscribed to annually, until one fine day, the company just went out of business.