FOR reasons that we mentioned in the past, the Gartner Group utterly lacks credibility. It negotiates its output with companies that are also its clients. IDC is very much the same, as we pointed out before. Sadly, IDC is not just an analyst firm as it also owns lots and lots of media outlets, which are of course biased (they rely on funding, e.g. through advertising or contracts) and it sometimes goes as far as historical revisionism.
[PDF]. The mail says: "I hate to put it like this, but at this point, IDC is done negotiating with us. We have moved them quite a bit already, but they are now holding the line, saying that if we want the names of their ‘big’ analysts on the report this is it."
[PDF], where Microsoft is removing the sponsorship from an IDC study. We wrote about it over a year ago. Responsible for that FUD was also Peter Galli, a former reporter who now reports directly to Microsoft. ⬆
Comments
ushimitsudoki
2009-01-03 14:49:52
Like there's a credibility menu with prices, and you can pick a la carte or something.
Diamond Wakizashi
2009-01-03 18:55:50
Roy Schestowitz
2009-01-03 20:04:43
"Ballmer has picked up the phone shot/shouted at the analysts (that’s the expression they used)"