__/ [ flyer ] on Tuesday 20 March 2007 23:01 \__
> In article <1174419588.005977.140100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> ramon@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
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>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198100231
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>> For those interested in OSS, Gartner is an excellent source.
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> Here's the gist of the article Mr Shill:
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> "If PC makers were hoping for a big, Vista-driven jump in sales this
> year, they're likely to be disappointed."
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>> http://blog.gartner.com/blog/vista.php
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> This is JAN 07 pre Vista crapout news. TOTAL BS.
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> MAN, talk about grasping at straws.
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>> Their predictions are right on target.
>> -Ramon
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> Your misrepresentation is right on target.
Gartner is in bed with Microsoft. They are friends because much of Gartner's
income relies on Microsoft's wallet. Sadly, analyst sell studies, rather
than conduct ones which they believe in.
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| Just days after banning Enderle from discussing Microsoft because
| he has Microsoft as a client, the Times quoted Gartner analyst
| Michael Silver and AMR Research analyst Jim Murphy in a story
| about Microsoft's Windows and Office software.
|
| 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/
On a more general note:
Early Vista Sales Don't Tell the Whole Story
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| This week, NPD released limited channel data for Windows Vista licenses
| sold to businesses through resellers like CompuCom, Softmart and Software
| Spectrum.
|
| [...]
|
| To be clear: The missing information is to be expected, and I don't
| mean to reflect poorly on Swenson or NPD. Research firms aren't in
| the business of giving away information to the news media, but
| selling it to clients. The information provided to the press
| should be incomplete.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/early_vista_sales_dont_tell_the_whole_story.html
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