Resignation of Mike Magee
Co-founder Mike Magee left the company amid some controversy after posting criticism of The Register management, complaining that The Register had become a "vehicle of software", on 23 August 2001. This ran counter to Magee's own expertise and interest in hardware. The following morning, Magee posted an email from The Register management team that described Magee's criticism of The Register as "gross misconduct", concluding that Magee had effectively dismissed himself. Magee went on to found The Inquirer which reported science and technology news with the same tongue-in-cheek style as The Register, but with a greater emphasis on hardware development.
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