Gartner reaps iPhone backlash after making business case
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| et quotes Ms Fenn in an enthusiastic outburst which pretty much torpedoes
| the rest of Gartner: "In the emerging world of 'permanent beta' innovation
| led by Web-native companies such as Google, the dominant approach is to
| throw a new capability out to potential users, see what they do with it,
| then figure out how to monetize it," Ms. Fenn said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/29/gartner_iphone_backlash/
Mentioned yesterday and been spotted for a while...
Gartner [MS Shill #1]: 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
Has IDC [MS Shill #2] got the wrong number for iPhone?
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| IDC has poured cold water on Apple's iPhone just days after a previous survey
| led M:Metrics to talk up the new entry to the cellphone stakes. But are the
| new numbers sound?
|
| [...]
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| The most obvious difference is in the sample size. M:Metrics had
| 11,060 respondents, IDC just 456. The sample space was also different,
| with M:Metrics apparently sampling from mobile phone subscribers, while
| IDC looked at online mobile phone shoppers.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13036&Itemid=1054
Context:
IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| 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.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
Who's having lunch with whom? And who pays whose bills? The article exposes
some truths.
Remember Ballmer taclessly laughing at the iPhone in front of the cameras?
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