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title: "We Are Not Influenced By Vendors"
date: 2005-03-04T20:31:13Z
modified: 2005-03-04T20:31:13Z
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Of course we bloody are – we talk to them every day. How can industry analysts not be influenced by vendors? Just wondering… after reading a quote in this [interesting document i had not seen before.](http://www.cba.k-state.edu/departments/ethics/docs/investorsbusinessdaily.pdf) I didnt know the Oracle PeopleSoft court case threw up these insights into how a major vendor “works with” industry analysts.

The trick is to parse the influence and be transparent about who we do business with.