Comments on: Caution, Apprehension, and Suspicion?

By: ZUrlocker

ZUrlocker — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:27:18 +0000

Ouch! I think this is the kind of naive comment that comes from folks who can’t tell the difference between a good analyst and a bad one. So they just paint everyone with the same brush. Don’t take it personally.

In my view there are certain firms that are absolutely beyond reproach, and RedMonk is in that category. Maybe the451group is in that same bucket in their objectivity, but few others are. I’ve known some individual analysts at Gartner and Forrester who are superb and unbiased no matter what they get paid, but unfortunately there’s also a class of analyst firm that provides “the best objective analysis money can buy.” And worse, there are VPs of Marketing out there who like that kind of relationship and continue to fund these sorts of BS activities.

So caveat emptor! Don’t believe everything you read. But RedMonk is a firm that can be trusted to be objective.

–Zack
PS. Here’s a humorous article about analysts and “BS Markets”
http://www.valleyofthegeeks.com/Features/AnalystOverboard.html

By: Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: October 14th, 2008

Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: October 14th, 2008 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:24:07 +0000

[...] It was in all sorts of place some days ago, unexpected. Here’s the main thing: http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/… [...]

By: james governor

james governor — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:10:40 +0000

we have bigger things to worry about. we all do.

By: james governor

james governor — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:10:12 +0000

what luis said. we don’t have to prove our open source or general credibility. that’s been done already.

By: Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: October 11th, 2008 - Part 1

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:41:35 +0000

[...] http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/10/… [...]

By: luis

luis — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:08:36 +0000

Don’t feed the troll, dude.