Analyst to EMC: If You Love VMware, Set it Free
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| "It is unbelievable how much time Microsoft has allowed VMware to
| grow," Bittman remarked. "I also believe if Microsoft does things
| right, they can eliminate the challenge," Bittman said.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3686596
Shill-dar goes wild.
Recnet:
Proprietary vs Open Source: The Fight Continues
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| Asheesh Raina, principal research analyst for Gartner's Software Group
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| said, "We believe that Microsoft is strengthening its patent portfolio
| to rectify the exploitation of its Intellectual Property (IP) by
| technology providers that generate substantial revenue from OSS
| including Linux."
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http://www.sda-asia.com/sda/features/psecom,id,1209,nodeid,1,_language,Singapore.html
Gartner: Businesses should be wary of iPhone
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| Analyst Gartner claims the iPhone could "punch a hole" through
| corporate security systems if workers are allowed to use the
| phone for work purposes.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6193856.html
Related:
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| If the paper would prefer not to quote an analyst who has
| experience with a client, it did a poor job. Silver is Gartner's
| vice president in charge of client computing. Microsoft happens to
| do lots of business with Gartner and also happens to have a
| client-software monopoly. We're guessing that Silver knows
| Microsoft's products well and has direct involvement with the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| company.
| ^^^^^^^
|
| And, sure enough, he appears a number of times on Microsoft's
| own site and thousands of times in stories about Microsoft.
|
| Jim Murphy - wait for it - covers Microsoft too and is even more
| prolific than Silver.
|
| [...]
|
| Part of the problem stems from the reticence of companies such as
| IDC and Gartner to reveal their clients. That should make everyone
| nervous, but it doesn't. So called objective technology publications
| keep publishing material bought by vendors without telling you this.
| They're also too lazy or scared to ignore the likes of Gartner and
| IDC until the firms change their disclosure rules.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
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