Its called a literature search... and for some reason no one does it in computing... This reminds me that just last month I attended a talk on hp's "the machin

Its called a literature search... and for some reason no one does it in computing... This reminds me that just last month I attended a talk on hp's "the machine" where the presenter talked for about 20 minutes about all the revolutionary new ideas, before someone broke in and asked "how does this differ from an as400". After all the presentation looked like a copy paste job from the wikipedia page on as400 technology. The poor presenter didn't know, and eventually admitted he didn't even know what an as400 was. Much less than the fact that they continue to be sold. In the end someone suggested a literature search.... The presentation went downhill from there.