Comments on: RedMonk is Brought To You By… http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/04/redmonk-is-brought-to-you-by/ because technology is just another ecosystem Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: stephen o'grady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/04/redmonk-is-brought-to-you-by/#comment-2617 stephen o'grady Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:35:49 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=1176#comment-2617 Jon / Thomas: thx, glad to hear i'm not the only one pondering this. Jon / Thomas: thx, glad to hear i’m not the only one pondering this.

]]> By: Thomas Otter http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/04/redmonk-is-brought-to-you-by/#comment-2616 Thomas Otter Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:26:55 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=1176#comment-2616 Super post. There are people who reckon that because a vendor is paying for the research it must be biased. To that I say bollocks. IBM and others can write their own press releases, they dont need you for that. IBM and co are not paying you to comment to the world about IBM, but for your advice, some of which you deliver as a dialogue via blogging, some of which stays between you and IBM. In other words, they are paying you for your eyes and ears, not just the mouth. Super post.
There are people who reckon that because a vendor is paying for the research it must be biased. To that I say bollocks.

IBM and others can write their own press releases, they dont need you for that.

IBM and co are not paying you to comment to the world about IBM, but for your advice, some of which you deliver as a dialogue via blogging, some of which stays between you and IBM. In other words, they are paying you for your eyes and ears, not just the mouth.

]]> By: Jon Collins http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/04/redmonk-is-brought-to-you-by/#comment-2615 Jon Collins Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:06:47 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=1176#comment-2615 Nice post, its something I've been thinking about an awful lot as well. Nice post, its something I’ve been thinking about an awful lot as well.

]]> By: stephen o'grady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/04/redmonk-is-brought-to-you-by/#comment-2614 stephen o'grady Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:17:53 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=1176#comment-2614 Brandon: i think we're a little different than those properties since we skew towards analysis rather than news and scoops, but the point is well made. we've actually begun experimenting with a couple of different ad strategies, and am always open to suggestions. James: well, the point of this particular entry was to thank the folks that are contributing financially to our success, and thus far few of the enterprise types have done so. it's not to say that we don't enjoy our relationships with enterprise developers and so on, just that it's outside the scope of this post. Brandon: i think we’re a little different than those properties since we skew towards analysis rather than news and scoops, but the point is well made. we’ve actually begun experimenting with a couple of different ad strategies, and am always open to suggestions.

James: well, the point of this particular entry was to thank the folks that are contributing financially to our success, and thus far few of the enterprise types have done so. it’s not to say that we don’t enjoy our relationships with enterprise developers and so on, just that it’s outside the scope of this post.

]]> By: James http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/04/redmonk-is-brought-to-you-by/#comment-2613 James Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:25:12 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=1176#comment-2613 You left off acknowledgement of folks who work for large enterprises whose primary business isn't technology. Maybe it is long overdue that we work collectively to figure out how large enterprises with traditional models can have open dialogs with small analyst firms whose value proposition is different than what we are used to. I am of the belief that there is value in the new models Redmonk subscribes to, simply haven't figured out my own internal story just yet to help other enterprisey types see the value I do... You left off acknowledgement of folks who work for large enterprises whose primary business isn’t technology. Maybe it is long overdue that we work collectively to figure out how large enterprises with traditional models can have open dialogs with small analyst firms whose value proposition is different than what we are used to.

I am of the belief that there is value in the new models Redmonk subscribes to, simply haven’t figured out my own internal story just yet to help other enterprisey types see the value I do…

]]> By: Brandon http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/04/redmonk-is-brought-to-you-by/#comment-2612 Brandon Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:01:15 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=1176#comment-2612 I have always thought the Redmonk blogs collectively were very similar to Techcrunch, GigaOm, and others. Only the focus is on OSS, Enterprise software, etc. Have you guys considered at least partially adopting similar business model? Why not run some ads similar to those blogs? The ads would in affect let everyone who benefits help pay for the product. No one says this precludes consulting. You already disclose your clients when you blog about them... I have always thought the Redmonk blogs collectively were very similar to Techcrunch, GigaOm, and others. Only the focus is on OSS, Enterprise software, etc. Have you guys considered at least partially adopting similar business model? Why not run some ads similar to those blogs? The ads would in affect let everyone who benefits help pay for the product. No one says this precludes consulting. You already disclose your clients when you blog about them…

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