“Why is Computerra closed?” Gunpowder ended ... "Reflections by Evgeny Kozlovsky

We have already read the last issue and column of the editor. We have already discussed the details of the reasons for the closure and know where the complete ( _{well, almost} ) archive of Computerra lies.

But few have heard the thoughts of the former chief editor *:

“I was connected with Computerra for a very long time and very much. For more than ten years I wrote there, for five years I was the chief editor, until the last issue I remained its columnist ("gardener") - and so on. Nostalgia is understandable and justified. But the death of the magazine is understandable and justified. Let's say softer: closing ... ending ...
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No matter how hard the reasons go (which I intend to do thesis), the main one: gunpowder has ended.

So, first: the global trend towards the care of journalism online. On this occasion, there is a Big Grunt: they say real journalism is dying, it is replaced by sloppy cursive with typos and errors - but when, at what change of technology, there was no such grumbling? ..

The second, closely related to the first: advertising went off the web ... "

* Evgeny Kozlovsky