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18 Jan 2000	F000118y2k	Giving thanks to the fact that the Y2K issue is over, even though GP was the first in Australia to write about it	download
25 Jan 2000	F000125aoltw	The Australian government's ridiculous digital content laws, with reference to the Time Warner / AOL deal	download
1 Feb 2000	F000201topten	GP's top ten IT trends for the new millennium	download
8 Feb 2000	F000208numbers	Reflections on numbers: exponential vs arithmetic, order of magnitude prefixes, the true date of the change of century	download
15 Feb 2000	F000215opsys	The decline in the number of operating systems, and in their importance as a distinguishing feature between architectures.	download
22 Feb 2000	F000222aspect	The success of Australian company Aspect Computing, and its Lansa AS/400 AD tool spin-off	download
29 Feb 2000	F000229envy	Internet bubble madness, VC rapacity, and the victory of envy over greed. Where will it all end?	download
7 Mar 2000	F000307security	The growth in importance of security as an issue to IT managers, and the different types of IT security	download
14 Mar 2000	F000314mediahype	How the dot com companies are using conventional media for their advertising, and the changing, yet unchaging, nature of media	download
22 Mar 2000	F000321copy1	A history of copyright, and why the concept is increasingly under challenge in the digital age	download
28 Mar 2000	F000328copy2	Comment from readers on last week's column, with further arguments from GP on why copyright will die	download
4 April 2000	F000404dunn	Unashamed plug of "How to Win Customers in a Digital World", by GP's mate Al Dunn	download
11 April 2000	F000411generations	A discussion of the concept of "generations" of computers, with reflections on where we are now	download
18 April 2000	F000418imaging	The state of the imaging market, and the international success of Australian company Tower	download
25 April 2000	F000425sun	Sun Microsystems and its strategies, based on GP's visit to a Sun analyst's briefing in London	download
2 May 2000	F000502dross	How the Internet has lots of information, but most of it is unstructured crap	download
9 May 2000	F000509colony	Forrester's George Colony's comments on the poor management of Internet companies, and how they are "Built to Flip"	download
16 May 2000	F000516microsoft	Reflections on the Microsoft anti-trust case, and why Microsoft will be around for a while yet	download
23 May 2000	F000523copy3	The copyright debate revisited, with reference to how software sales are evolving from a product to a per use basis	download
30 May 2000	F000530wap	WAP, Bluetooth and the growth in wireless technology	download
6 June 2000	F000606evolution	Why there is no "New Economy" - the laws of economics have not been repealed	download
13 June 2000	F000613newyork	GP visits New York and muses on the peculiarities of the American mindset, with reference to his meeting with Lionel Singer	download
20 June 2000	F000620divide	Why the so-called "digital divide" is a load of crap, and how increased IT usage is helping us all	download
27 June 2000	F000627transmeta	Transmeta's new chip architecture, with reference to the history of chip technology	download
4 July 2000	F000704gstax	The introduction of the GST, and how governments are having trouble taxing information	download
11 July 2000	F000711as400	IBM's venerable AS/400, and why it remains so popular	download
18 July 2000	F000718life	Metaphysical musings on the effect of IT on our lives, with comment on copyright, privacy and the future of humankind	download
25 July 2000	F000725cfotrend	Oveview of the most recent survey of Australian CFOs and their organisation's usage of ERP and other IT products	download
1 Aug 2000	F000801letters	Comment on the quality of quantity of emails GP receives	download
8 Aug 2000	F000808impaq	Australian learning content company Impaq and elearning in schools	download
15 Aug 2000	F000815predict	GP's record at predicting events in the IT industry, and a look at many predictions that went wrong	download
22 Aug 2000	F000822immigration	GP's bent towards open borders, compared to the Australian (and most other) government's stupidity	download
29 Aug 2000	F000829novell	The sad story of Novell's decline, and the lessons for the IT industry	download
5 Sept 2000	F000905andersen	The spat between Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting, and the nature of the Big Five	download
12 Sept 2000	F000912asp	The ASP model, why it will succeed, and why the terminology gets in the way of understanding	download
19 Sept 2000		MISSING OR NOT PUBLISHED
26 Sept 2000	F000926immigration2	The reaction to the first immigration column a month ago, and how many intelligent people agree with GP	download
3 Oct 2000	F001003ebiz	Why eBusiness is no different to "normal" business. Technology has always improved commerce	download
10 Oct 2000	F001010changes	Very metaphysical piece on how technology is changing our lives, and what it all means	download
17 Oct 2000	F001017ibmservers	IBM's new nomenclature (iServer, zServer, pServer, xServer) for its entire server and mainframe product range	download
24 Oct 2000		MISSING OR NOT PUBLISHED
31 Oct 2000	F001031govtoutsource	The disaster area that is Australian Government IT outsourcing, and why it is almost impossible to judge its effectiveness	download
7 Nov 2000	F001107callcentre	Overview of call centres, centred around the comments of guru Roger Huffadine	download
14 Nov 2000	F001114s-commerce	Why conventional shopping is often better than e-shopping, with long quote from British spoof on the subject	download
21 Nov 2000	F001121fujitsu	Overview of Fujitsu, the world's second largest computer company, and its role in Australia	download
28 Nov 2000	F001126digicam1	GP succumbs to the digital camera fad. Overview of pros and cons	download
5 Dec 2000	F001205bigiron	Why mainframes still exist, and will continue to do so for some time	download
12 Dec 2000	F001212digicam2	Reader feedback on GP's recent digital camera column	download