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KNOWLEDGE CENTER
I'M A RELATIVELY NEW columnist for Computerworld, but I have a 16-year history with its publishing parent, International Data Group Inc. (IDG). I've spent most of that time writing
for sister IDG publication InfoWorld, but I also started the Web publication LinuxWorld and ran the short-lived IDG Web publication Network Computing World.
Before I explain why I've brought this up, I have to tell you first how pleased I am that all of my months of begging Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson to bring me on board finally paid off. I'm thrilled to be part of Computerworld.
I mention this not only for the self-- serving purpose of sucking up to management, but also for the self-serving purpose of saying "I told you so" with more authority than I've earned with the few columns I've written for Computerworld. But if that isn't authority enough, you can go as far back as the Bible's book of Ecclesiastes, which also told you so. It says that there's nothing new under the sun. (It says a lot more than that, but we can stop there for...