Tom's Hardware without the Pabster master.

[CougTek]

Tom Pabst steps down from CEO title (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=533). His editor in chief (David Strom) does too.

The first comment of the short news post is comic too.

[MaxBurn]

The first comment of the short news post is comic too.


:P That's great, about five years ago that was a good site.

[Tannin]

For "about 5" read "close to 10".

[MaxBurn]

For "about 5" read "close to 10".

Man I'm not that old am I? Hmm, 1997 was how long ago :o

[LiamC]

For "about 5" read "close to 10".

Agreed!


Man I'm not that old am I? Hmm, 1997 was how long ago

You must be! :mrgrn:

[paugie]

THG was so popular then that it was my first regularly "attended" hardware site. Next was "blink-blink" (just realized I couldn't remember, just that he was PC hardware's boy wonder).

What annoyed me was his having to break up articles into a paragraph-long segments. I was on verrry slow dial-up then and it was a b****.

Haven't been to those sites for years and years.

My greatest joys then were PC Guide and Storage Review. Was strictly a lurker then.

What got me out of the woodwork was a worry. There was a time Tannin (he wasn't Tannin yet, then) wasn't posting so I had to ask around. I was cheerfully assured that he was only on one of his sabbaticals.

After the great SR crash, I stopped going there also. I don't remember how I stumbled upon SF but this, to me is the SR of old.

A thought for you. You all are (to me) old men. sage, wise. :mrgrn:

[Tannin]

You all are (to me) old men. sage, wise. :mrgrn:

Paugie, mate, we are all old men now. I'm pushing 50, Eric and Mubs are both around retirement age, the Texan of a Thousand Aliases is a respected industry veteran, even the bold young turks like Mercutio and Handruin are grizzled, battle-hardened pros ....

What TF happened? It seems like one decade were were all a certain age, and then a mere ten years later we are all suddenly ten years older!

Excuse me, I think it's time for my milk and cookies now.

[LOST6200]

Hey tOny, I'm not yet 50 teither!

[mubs]

I'd like to retire (and there's an involuntary aspect to it as well). But I'm not at the age people usually retire, though. Not that it matters, I feel a million years old.

[CougTek]

Tony, I think Eric is one year younger than you are. I lost the count, but one way or another, he's not far. Buck might have reached his fifties, but if he did, it is a recent event.

[Tannin]

And .... don't tell me ... you are still 22 then Coug? Mate, it's just as well we are both smart and good looking, 'cause neither of us is young anymore!

(What about rich? Oh well, two out of four equals 50% which ought to be a pass mark.)

[CougTek]

And .... don't tell me ... you are still 22 then Coug?
Motherboards or people, you never figured out how to ajust multipliers ;-)

[Bozo]

Call me grandpa, I'll be 58 in a few months. :-?

Never spent much time at Tom's. His ego and his bias made my stomach turn.

Bozo :mrgrn:

[CougTek]

I guess that makes you our elder. In the race to the cemetery, you're in the lead. Congrats ;-) Greg must not be far behind as well.

[time]

AFAIK, Tom Pabst hasn't been involved with THG content for years now. A search of THG shows he stopped writing articles in 2000, although he is credited with a small contribution in 2003.

I also thought that Omid Rahmat had been running the show since 2001/2002 (before the abortive joint venture with The Register). He was credited as General Manager while Tom was Editor-in-Chief (I think). I see Omid is now CEO.

The website was revamped in December 2005 and references to Thomas Pabst have been removed. My unsubstantiated guess is that he sold the business back in 2001/2002 but remained as a figurehead until 2003.

[LOST6200]

In the race to the cemetery, you're in the lead.

Are you so sure?