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Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by Exoristos on Saturday August 08, 2026 @06:29PM (#49226509)
Most of it actually took about five years, as the manufacturing side of it was outsourced to China and the computer side to India. I was there. Management told us it was "because of 9/11." R.R. Donnelley was one of the world's largest manufacturing companies, a Fortune 50 company -- became a penny stock in a decade or so.

The technologies GP mentions didn't end commercial print -- they were all heavily in use _by_ commercial print.

Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by Exoristos on Saturday August 08, 2026 @06:30PM (#49226517)
Oh and the actual driving mechanism was vulture capitalist takeover.
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by AndrewKemendo on Sunday August 09, 2026 @03:05PM (#49234562)
All technologies are used to change or amplify existing power structures