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Mike Mageek is dead


Industry gadfly and mate died yesterday One of the legends of the IT industry, tantric guru, and the inventor of the cynical red-top tech tabloid, Mike Magee, has died at the age of 74. Magee started his career as a printer before working for VNU Business Publications on PC Dealer and then at their...

He remained as editor of The Inquirer until February 2008, when he left to pursue other publishing ventures, including TechEye and ChannelEye. You want to write something like “I am sure he is in the heavenly Star and Garter with Dave Evans and others he worked with.” But that would dumb down someone who was incredibly complex and multifaceted. One of the legends of the IT industry, tantric guru, and the inventor of the cynical red-top tech tabloid, Mike Magee, has died at the age of 74.

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