Gartner’s 2009 predictions have been widely commented over these days, leaving space and opportunities to rediscuss the open source mantra “we cost less”.
Migrate to open source seems the cheapest solution, at least on an individual basis, but enterprise migrations are not an easy game to play, and TCO doesn’t look like the ultimate answer.
Any similarity between the Fermat’s theorem and the cost benefits of open source?
Roberto,
I have some antitrust docs that I need to process and publish. They show Gartner and IDC negotiating with Microsoft what they’ll produce. There are prior examples of this that I published. I’m not vengeful; I’m a realist. CIOs will hopefully become more open minded because they are being sold mindshare.
Roy,
I am not saying you are vengeful, just mentioning that some analysts are more equal than others and therefore makes sense to comment them.
About being biased or not, I think that it is impossible to make general assumptions when we talk about big analyst firms.
Yes, size leads to generalisation.
Roberto Galoppini are discussing.
Roy Schestowitz 7:44 pm on January 8, 2009 Permalink
Why do people /still/ cite Gartner. They are corruptible. E-mails from antitrust show them negotiating with clients what they’ll write.
Roberto Galoppini 3:17 pm on January 9, 2009 Permalink
Ciao Roy,
Gartner talks to CIOs, and they listen to Gartner, that is why everybody cites Gartner. This is fair enough as far as it goes, and I think that they deserve our attention for this.