MB Software Solutions General Account wrote:
Got a mailing from Gartner the other day in the US mail. It's for
their "2006 Gartner IT and Software Asset Management Summit" coming up
in Orlando. The thing that I thought was funny was the top right
corner blurb entitled "Why Gartner?" :
"Each year, more than 30,000 IT professionals find solutions and
enhance their knowledge at a Gartner event."
So is that what happened long ago when Gartner did that nasty deed to
the Fox? <eg>
Well, there was an long article in a magazine some years back -- I think
it was Upside magazine (since defunct) -- that talked about how large IT
companies would give money to IT research groups for a "study". A
"study" to make the large IT company look good in some fashion. Now the
IT research company is in a bind -- it needs the money...so the IT
research companies would simply parrot what the benefactor wanted to
hear. Both "win" -- the research company got paid and the benefactor got
to say "a leading independent researcher has determined that up is down"
or whatnot.
Did that happen with VFP/Gartner in 1995? The timing is suspicious but
leave that aside for the moment. What isn't suspicious is MSFT's
response to the VFP slam -- nothing. They did nothing. What happened
when Gartner slammed .NET because of hidden support costs? The next day
MSFT was issuing a release disputing the findings...
Bill Anderson
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