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https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3084741/the-inquirer-reaches-end-of-life
The Inquirer reaches end-of-life
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That was before proggit and then here, HN.
The inquirer started off as humour and investigation, but for many fans the inq faded when Mike Magee (a founder of the reg, who split to form the inq) moved on. I stopped following along when it became more and more corporate sponsored PR. Well, we've abandoned the reg too when it fell to the same fate.
Still, this is a sad, sad day :(
Please hope the internet archive archives everything properly forever.
Once upon a time, long long ago, it seemed the post-cover-mag-and-bbs programming world consisted of the reg, the joelonsoftware forum and then the inquirer. That was before proggit and then here, HN. The inquirer started off as humour and investigation, but for many fans the inq faded when Mike Magee (a founder of the reg, who split to form the inq) moved on. I stopped following along when it became more and more co…
Then... A few years later he sells Inq to about the most corporate I can think of - VNU, the huge Dutch publisher with Computing and a mass of other serious titles. Err, wut? Obviously it would never be the same again... El Reg soon regained the title of most irreverent, and Inq a bit of a joke - for the wrong reasons. Of course neither were a patch on their early days.
Once upon a time, long long ago, it seemed the post-cover-mag-and-bbs programming world consisted of the reg, the joelonsoftware forum and then the inquirer. That was before proggit and then here, HN. The inquirer started off as humour and investigation, but for many fans the inq faded when Mike Magee (a founder of the reg, who split to form the inq) moved on. I stopped following along when it became more and more co…
For anyone else thinking this, remember that the internet archive is free to use but not free to run. If you want this preserved, you should consider donating.
I'm fairly certain that exposure to The Inquirer during my youth is what fostered my interest in the tech industry. Though I have not read it regularly in years I would not be the person I am today without it. It will be missed.