[awflick]

Its a bit sad but the obituary is often the best article in the economist. In this case it was a very fitting tribute to a tech hero.

[jfb]

I disagree, but that doesn't mean that I don't turn to the obituary page immediately on receipt of each week's issue.

jfb: bringing down the median subscriber income of The Economist for 20 years.

[waterlesscloud]

I've helped drag down the median for about 10 years myself.

I wonder if their subscriber income stats aren't heavily bifurcated.

[ireadzalot]

I always felt weird doing this. Almost always I turn to their Obit page when I get a new issue. Glad to know I am not the only one who does it.

[eru]

I usually start with the funny letter to the editor. (Usually the last letter printed.)

[bodyfour]

Based on the tone of the article I guess it was destined to be this weeks obituary, but Qaddafi died just before they went to press. So unfortunately it looks like dmr's obit is only online, unless they run it next week.

[davidw]

Yep, Quaddafi got the obit in the Android app, at least.

[bodyfour]

..and probably Crown Prince Al-Saud has the inside track for next weeks obit I'd wager.

The print version of The Economist did cover a nice item about Richie in the letters section ("The death of a tech genius")

[eru]

> Its a bit sad but the obituary is often the best article in the economist.

That's not sad. That's actually the case for newspapers in general.