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Analysts fail on open source
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| Industry analysts can play a valuable role. But their shortcomings are
| particularly evident in their coverage of open source software. And, apart
| from analysts, what viable alternative information sources exist?
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| Despite their critics, analysts at their best can bridge a significant gap
| between vendors and software users. Vendor marketers who create information
| for prospective customers are understandably sales-driven and rarely grasp
| how their products are deployed.
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| The result tends to be material strong on superlatives and weak on substance.
| Certain features are emphasized while the processes involved in
| implementation are largely ignored, even though these may be more significant
| and costly than the software itself.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/software/0,39044822,62045253,00.htm?scid=rss_z_eti
“Analysts sell out - that’s their business model… But they are very concerned
that they never look like they are selling out, so that makes them very
prickly to work with.”
–Microsoft, internal document
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
So-called 'ANALysts' and 'LABbyists' probably belong in a minimum-security
prison. They poison the industry with their grassroots/astroturf.
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