AFAICS, You could always do the exactly the same job as Gartner
if You just echo the last seasons "truth in the news".
Thomas Berg
====== Ted MacNEIL ====== wrote 2006-11-24 16:34:
Around the shops I've worked in, Gartner Group was considered the GOD of IT,
never to be questioned or contradicted.
Too many people (managers) believe them (80% probability).
I submit that this is a mistaken viewpoint but I've always been viewed as a
lone voice in the wilderness in this respect.
I've always held the same viewpoint.
I remember in the 1980's, they were telling us to get off the mainframe and on
to C/S, quickly, or we would lose our competitive edge.
In the 1990's, they were pointing out that some companies couldn't compete
because they probably moved to Client/Server too soon.
When in doubt.
PANIC!!
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