I find it hard to believe that one in six people on this planet has a 
Logitech moune.

The mouse's days are not numbered.  I still use an IBM keyboard!

On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Alex Eckelberry wrote:

> Yes, yet another bozo idiotic prediction from a firm that is only
> capable of accurately predicting its own cashflow -- from the vendors
> that pay to get on its magic quadrants.  Gartner is quite simply the
> most patently awful analyst firm I have ever dealt with as a vendor --
> rude doesn't even approach a description of this awful firm.  
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Tomas L. Byrnes
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:13 PM
> To: Gregory Hicks; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [funsec] One billionth mouse...
> 
> Hmm, mice on topic ;-)?
> 
> Gartner, that analyst firm that predicted, in 2003, that IDS would be
> dead by 2005?
> 
> http://www.esecurityplanet.com/views/article.php/2228631/IDS-is-Dead----
> Long-Live-IDS.htm
> 
> Dunno about the rest of you, but my little piggies are humming along
> nicely.
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >On Behalf Of Gregory Hicks
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:26 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [funsec] One billionth mouse...
> >
> > From the BBC:
> >
> > * Firm makes one billionth mouse *
> >
> >A Silicon Valley company has hailed as a major landmark the production 
> >of their one billionth computer mouse.
> >
> >Logitech's description comes at a time when analysts claim the days of 
> >the mouse are numbered.
> >
> >"It's rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been 
> >shipped by one company," said Logitech's general manager Rory Dooley.
> >
> >"Look at any other industry and it has never happened. This is a 
> >significant milestone," he told the BBC.
> >
> >But sounding the death knell for the device is Gartner analyst Steve 
> >Prentice who said "the mouse will no longer be mainstream in three to 
> >five years."
> >
> >[...snip...]
> >
> >Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/7751627.stm
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Gregory Hicks                           | Principal Systems Engineer
> >                                        | Direct:   408.569.7928
> >
> >People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men 
> >stand ready to do violence on their behalf -- George Orwell
> >
> >The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.  -- Thomas Jefferson
> >
> >"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they 
> >be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
> >
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