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Remote Synthesis Declares ComputerWorld Dead!

Posted on May 25, 2007

5. This once-popular computer journal -- released in the mid-1960s by International Data Group Inc. (which also publishes the equally irrelevant CIO and InfoWorld) -- has since been superseded by other journals, including PC Magazine, Wired and eWeek as well as sites such as TechCrunch, Slashdot, Digg and other well known aggregators like Techmeme.

Debates continue over whether ComputerWorld is as well-researched and relevant as its competitors, but nevertheless, paid subscriptions for the print journal have [probably] dropped way off, according to Rinaldi. "It was really popular at one time, but the market is now crowded with other, better journals," he says.

-- Source, Brian Rinaldi - RemoteSynthesis.com

Having been through this argument so many times before, I figured I would have a little fun with it this time

Comments

The PERFECT response. Covers everything that needs to be said and lets us get on with doing something useful with a smile on our faces!

Posted By Peter Bell / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 1:07 PM

Very well written and researched. Unlike the computerworld article. Call me defensive, but I get very annoyed when people start this CF is dead conversation. I think we're a healthy bunch.

Nice work!

Posted By mark quigley / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 1:22 PM

Ha ha... well played.

Posted By Ben Nadel / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 1:25 PM

Ha! Hopefully this will set the tone for the rest of my Friday! Thanks!

Posted By Nolan / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 2:18 PM

Nice post... My thoughts exactly!

Also, with so many traditional print publications trying to expand and compete on the internet, one has to wonder whether some of these were put on the list to provoke a response.

When page views = revenue, what a better way to get links, comments, diggs, etc... than to write something controversial.

This may not be the case, but the lack of evidence or facts (especially about CF) make the article weak.

Posted By nick / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 2:32 PM

True. And the Sun is dying too... hard to argue against that.

One thing I noticed about the Computerworld article was the ad count, and how there were only a few paragraphs of actual text on each page -- the article was split out to generate maximum ad revenue.

We probably paid their electricity bill this month..... ;-)

jd

Posted By John Dowdell / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 2:43 PM

We are all dying, gentlemen. But it appears that at the hand of rapier wit, some die faster than others...

Great piece, Brian!

Posted By Paul Marcotte / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 3:59 PM

Instead of this

"has since been superseded by other journals, including PC Magazine, Wired and eWeek"

I would have said

"has since been superseded by other journals, including The National Inquirer, Boat Trader and the local high school paper"

Posted By IMO / Posted on 05/25/2007 at 8:02 PM