For you old timer techies - a change in the winds For me, having been a HBCC member and knowing Jim Warren who founded Dr Dobbs at the First Home Computer Conference -- just a reflection -- wow, time has passed (And yes, got the tee shirt - it's now part of a computer history quilt - really) Rich The whole letter at: http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/farewell-dr-dobbs/240169421 -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ***SPAM*** Jolt Awards for Coding Tools; Farewell, Dr. Dobb's Date: 16 Dec 2014 16:59:25 -0500 From: Dr. Dobb's Update <DrDobbs at ubmtechcontent.com> Reply-To: Dr. Dobb's Update <IWKBTnewsletters at UBMTech.com> To: rroth at on-the-net.com Dr. Dobb's Update <http://www.drdobbs.com/?_mc=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&cid=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> <http://www.drdobbs.com/articles/?_mc=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&cid=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> <http://www.drdobbs.com/news?_mc=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&cid=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> <http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/?_mc=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&cid=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> <http://www.drdobbs.com/sourcecode/?_mc=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&cid=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> <http://www.drdobbs.com/tv/?_mc=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&cid=NL_DDJ_EDT_DDJ_update_20141216&elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> SPONSORED CONTENT <http://ad.doubleclick.net/N2441/jump/News_DrDobbsUpdate/;kw=121614;sz=300x125;dcove=r;pos=text1;ord=1216144?elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> *Editor's Note* *Farewell, Dr. Dobb's* <http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/farewell-dr-dobbs/240169421?&elq=27e5c25da1e949caa0531114a14856bf&elqCampaignId=11613> *After 38 years of glory, the long run of /Dr. Dobb's/ has come to an end.* Why would a well-known site, dearly loved by its readers and coming off a year of record page views, be sunset by its owner? 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