After 10 years I am letting lapse my Economist subscription; I first started reading in 1998 on-and-off at ESR’s suggestion, and then when I worked as chief security geek for SunPS EMEA I bought a subscription – it was a perfect resource for finding out what my customers were doing, and for keeping tabs on what management enthusiasms would be coming down the pipe.

From an IT consultant’s perspective I would still recommend it, but with belts to tighten I can’t justify the 230-odd quid for three years of “something to read when at toilet”.

After all, for the same money I could buy a Netbook and have something equally functional. 🙂