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byttapper04 ( 955370 ) writes:
1. Say something provocative and be sure to mention open source.
2. Post on slashdot.
3. Sneak in something insightful.
4. ???????
5. Profit!!!1
byFatMacDaddy ( 878246 ) writes:
This is the Gartner Group we're talking about. The only thing that amazes me is that anyone still pays them any attention at all. I still have some presentation materials around here somewhere where they warn that 30% of US businesses will fail due to Y2K problems.
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byWindowlessView ( 703773 ) writes:
>> Uhm yeah, consultants. Their job is to whip up a fear frenzy and then sell the cure.
That is very close to the truth. I have a good friend who worked for Gartner and now works for a major competitor. It's not so much fear/cure they are selling as the latest hyped trend and how (for a fee) you can jump aboard and gain a competitive advantage. The whole business plan of these guys is basically to be a CYA vehicle for IT management.
byarun_s ( 877518 ) writes:
Heheh. I just did a search for 'site:slashdot.org gartner' and here are some weird analyses they've come up with in the past:
Gartner Says Linux PCs Just Used To Pirate Windows [slashdot.org] (2004)
Gartner Recommends Holding Onto The SCO Money [slashdot.org] (2003)
(Sure they got some better ones too, I just picked the funnies)
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byMickDownUnder ( 627418 ) writes:
The Gartner group is like any other company, they create material for the purpose of making profit. Their criteria for selecting topics are as follows:
1. The topic must be topical and something people are extremely interested in
2. It must be purely speculatory to make it impossible for anyone to dispute any information they manufacture.
3. It must be loaded and contraversial.
All the topics you've listed and this topic fall into those 3.
Gartner reports are nearly always ridiculous in hindsight, they're ju
byElektroschock ( 659467 ) writes:
Sure Gartner is low-quality research, today I found some interesting comments on the Gartner report for a reform of the European Interoperability Framework. When you read the original Gartner report it is simply a mouthpiece of CompTIA's Hugo Lueders (a Microsoft proxy) and his "multiple standards" advocacy. Note that the European Interoperability Framework is the most advanced open standards promotion tool in public administration.
So here Gartner is clearly a Microsoft proxy.
http://gotze.eu/2007/07/gartne [gotze.eu]
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byErris ( 531066 ) writes:
Driver has no idea what a fanatic he is. Commercial software developers have used BSD and other free software all along, yet he imagines a rational person would be afraid of such things. He then constructs this strawman:
Open source, more than anything else in the industry, has a large set of proponents who border on zealots, he said. Its the guy who says, 'Windows sucks, it doesnt work. Lets throw it out and use Linux.
I wonder if he had to wipe the drool off his chin when he said that.
It's never been a
bydedazo ( 737510 ) writes:
You beat me to that.
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bygreengrass ( 945616 ) writes:
Is this the same Gartner Group that in 1999 said that "Linux is the Hype Du Jour"?
bysgtrock ( 191182 ) writes:
Back then, you could argue it was. :)
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