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Normally, we don't feel the need to talk about our age. But this year, we're trumpeting the fact that Computerworld is having its golden anniversary.
Welcome to Computerworld's 50th year of publishing!
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ComputerworldFifty years ago in 1967, our founder, Patrick J. McGovern, was a sharp 30-year-old entrepreneur with a photographic memory and a vision about how technology could change the world. He had launched the research firm International Data Corp., now known as IDC, three years earlier. McGovern debuted Computerworld as the published results of an annual business computer census survey after sweet-talking his way into customer lists from the largest computer companies of the day. And before long, Computerworld had 125,000 paid subscribers. (For more information about the beginnings of Computerworld and Patrick McGovern's fascinating career, see: "At the start: Pat McGovern and the birth of Computerworld.")
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