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From: miket@bnrmtv.UUCP (Michael Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Is Steve Ciarcia gone from BYTE?
Keywords: BYTE IBM PC STEVE CIARCIA
Message-ID: <5170@bnrmtv.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 00:57:26 GMT
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Mtn. View, CA
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Greetings,

I noticed that Steve Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar column is now gone
from BYTE magazine.  Does anyone know why he is no longer with
BYTE as of 1989?  I hope he is off on a long vacation or 
something.  This is only my opinion, but I thought that his
series of hardware (some software projects) for computers really
help distinguish BYTE from other IBM magazines such as PC WORLD.
The information he presented was of a much higher caliber than most
of the other regular contributing writers.  I can see how BYTE may
have wanted to focus its contents on software, but now it seems to
be like all the rest of the general purpose computer magazines.  
Too many useless opinions on which 386 system is faster or which 
spreadsheet has more features.  There doesn't seem to be as many
articles on the latest hardware and software techniques which a 
technical person can use or experiment with.  Perhaps I read BYTE
for the wrong reasons, but I like a hands on approach to computers
because it makes the whole field less dry and more interesting.  
I know that they have lost one reader because of this as I have let 
my subscription run out.  

I didn't mean for this posting to be an attack on BYTE and I don't
want to start a whole flood of articles on why everyone thinks BYTE
stinks.  I am sure that many people still fine BYTE interesting 
and useful, it just doesn't fit my needs anymore.  I am just hoping 
to get feedback on why Ciarcia is no longer with BYTE and some 
opinions on the reason for the shift in focus in the last 18 months. 
Is he now with another publication?  I am sorry if this has already
been discussed here.

Mike Thompson

Disclaimer:  Because of the nature of this posting, I have to stress
that these opinions are mine and only mine.  They in no way reflect
the opinions of my employer.

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