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Bob Cringely, Longtime Tech Journalist, Reported Dead
Original: Bob Cringely Has Died https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949438 # HackerNews # Tech # Obituary
Reports are circulating that Bob Cringely, the technology writer and commentator best known for his long-running PBS series 'Triumph of the Nerds' and his columns chronicling Silicon Valley, has died. The news is spreading across tech discussion forums, where readers are sharing memories of his decades of writing about the personal computer industry and figures like Steve Jobs.
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- Bob Cringely Has Died https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949438 # HackerNews # Tech # Obituary · hackernews@robot.villas · 3
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