Tom Limoncelli wrote: > While Gartner is the best opinion money can buy, a lot of people do > listen to them therefore making this kind of conference important. > > Tom > > Matt Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do, but only through reputation (ie people I respect have badmouthed > > Gartner). I have no scientific basis for my skepticism, since I've > > paid them literally no attention. > > > > --Matt > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Tom Perrine wrote: > >>> Anyone attending the Gartner conference in Vegas next week? (Or > >>> living in the area?) LOPSA gathering? > >> > >> I'd be interested to know if anyone here has a > >> sceptical view of Gartner's accuracy (market projections), > >> independence (pay for play), scope (open source) > >> or analysis. > >> > >> There's a degree of trust by decision makers > >> in what Gartner says that I find troubling.
Well put, Tom! No doubt about the /impact/ of their opinions. I wish they'd stop flogging $VENDOR, that stuff is starting to infiltrate our datacenter. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
