Yup. Microsoft uses its paid-for analysts to bluntly lie to the press.
Dell tests consumer preferences on Linux
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| Company seeks opinions as it considers putting system on consumer PCs.
|
| [...]
|
| "Linux was simply not designed for the desktop, neither as a product
| nor given the economic model around it," said Rob Enderle, head of
| ^^^^^^^^^^^
| the Enderle Group in San Jose, Calif. "It will be hard for Dell to
| make it work."
|
| Because Linux isn't compatible with most existing computers, what
| it can do is somewhat limited, analysts said. For example, few
| computer-based games run on Linux. Versions of Linux would work
| better on an appliance-type desktop -- one that performs a smaller
| set of specific functions, said Roger Kay, president of EndpointT
| echnologies Associates Inc.
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http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/03/19/19dell.html
Related:
Linux fails to defend itself against imaginary FUD problem
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| I wouldn't normally respond to pleas for attention, but Rob Enderle's
| latest piece on Linux and FUD cannot escape comment.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/02/linux_fails_to.html
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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