Re: More anti-midrange propaganda

[rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

You're right Booth, most 'market research' reports do have agendas.  They
don't exist in a vaccuum, they make thier money from sponsors and
advertisers.

here is an interesting 'soul searching' editorial from computerworld about
how they and other IT pubs reported a Forrester Research report exposing
Linux's supposed shortcomings without question.  do I need to tell you who
paid for the 'research'?  They're doing a little backpeddling now, but
still.

The mainstream IT press regularly quotes market research firms as if thier
word is gospel, without questioning who sponsored the study or who the
firms revenue sources are - vendors and customers.

this guy gets it, but don't hold your breath waiting for the rest of the IT
press to search thier own souls.

http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/consulting/story/0,10801,85139,00.html?nas=MGT-85139

rick

----Booth said:------------
The author of this article is doing a lot of editorializing and not very
much reporting.

"We consider any system over 3 years old to be legacy..." "does anyone know
where we can get VAX parts..."  "No one in India will do RPG..."  These
quotes are not mainstream.  This whole article seems written by someone
with
an agenda.