Defending Windows Vista
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| Vista hasn't done so well in other year-end reviews. Last week, my former
| JupiterResearch colleague Michael Gartenberg observed that "Vista's been
| really getting slapped around lately." Oh, is that an understatement.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/defending_windows_vista.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Michael Gartenberg = Former Microsoft Evangelist (employee, cheerleader,
shill), now pretending to be an 'analyst'. The whole analysts industry is
highly corrupt in the sense that it serves consumers (businesses, not actual
customer).
Related:
http://slated.org/linux_still_doesnt_make_it_on_desktop_is_pure_fud
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
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| After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
| Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
| research director at JupiterResearch.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Microsoft upgrades Zune players to challenge Apple iPods
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| "It's a nice evolutionary development to the product line," said Jupiter
| Research analyst Michael Gartenberg.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetmusicfilmcompanymicrosoft
Microsoft Xbox to Join the Battle for Video Downloading
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| Editors' Note: November 10, 2006, Friday An article in Business Day
| on Tuesday described a decision by Microsoft to offer movies and
| episodes of television shows for downloading through its Xbox Live
| online service in the United States.
|
| The article quoted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle
| Group, discussing the features that set Xbox Live service apart
| and its position in the market.
|
| But the article did not note that Mr. Enderle had Microsoft as a client,
| a fact later pointed out by a reader. Mr. Enderle does consulting work
| for several of Microsoft's product groups, though not for the one
| developing the Xbox; still, had The Times known of Mr. Enderle's work
| for Microsoft, it would not have sought out his opinion on the product.
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http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713F83A5B0C748CDDA80994DE404482
http://tinyurl.com/y3avsv
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| The New York Times continues to perplex with its analyst- quoting
| policy. Rather than having analysts declare their ties to clients,
| the paper would prefer to quote analysts that have no experience
| with a client - a protocol which seems to undermine the very point
| of citing analysts.
|
| The Register this week started pushing the Times to explain its
| quoting stance after noticing that Rob Enderle - the most quoted
| ^^^^^^^^^^^
| technology analyst on the planet - had been blocked from commenting
| on companies with which he has a financial relationship. The ban
| against Enderle appeared odd, given that Times reporters continue
| to cite analysts from larger firms who also have financial
| relationships with the companies discussed.
|
| [...]
|
| As it turns out, there's a cottage industry devoted to Rob
| Enderle, where Linux zealots fire off this form letter to editors
| whenever Enderle appears talking about Microsoft. Perhaps the Linux
| crowd could put its fabled collective mind toward creating letters
| for all the major analysts. Lord knows, the Times could use
| some help.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
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