Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
apple corporate critical forced otherwise
It's very critical to Apple that they get this .NET blessing, otherwise they're going to get forced out of the corporate network.
brand computers far major next race wave
The next big wave for computers, at least as far as we can tell, is going to be these modular designs, so it's a race to see which major brand does it first,
internet prayer web
He was an instrumental part of making the Internet happen. When your on the Web and doing shopping, say a little prayer for Scott because he's part of what got you there.
half matter second stormy tough year
This is going to be a tough second half of the year for Apple. No matter where you look, it's stormy clouds.
parts worth
LCS and Communicator are not worth a whole lot without the back end. They have to have the back end in place, or the other parts don't move.
consumer fourth impact major material missing quarter slip
This is a major slip with material consequences. Missing the fourth quarter will have a significant impact on consumer sales.
difficulty dominant high ibm looks similar stand switch tendency waiting
This looks a lot like 15 years ago, when IBM was dominant and similar surveys showed a high tendency to switch from IBM to another vendor. The difficulty is that we're still waiting for the right kind of vendor to stand up and come forward.
appliances business close market wants
The business market wants low-maintenance devices. Appliances can get close to this profile,
argue major operating step towards
I would argue this is the first major step towards a subscription operating system.
advanced competition entered looks microsoft product search
Microsoft has entered as a full-fledged competitor. The (Windows Live) search product looks to be more advanced by a generation, and we're going to have a leapfrog competition as the two firms try to out do each other.
arms coming hardware market nervous wrap
The thing that makes me so nervous is that there are no hardware (manufacturers) here. I don't have anything to wrap my arms around and say, Ah, yes, this is something that's coming to market soon.
beginning company critical emergence followed market opposed perception vibrant
This is the emergence of the new Gateway. It's critical for them that the market see them as a new and vibrant company, as opposed to the perception that followed them at the beginning of the year, that this is a company that's going out of business.
create far html learn manager site
I wouldn't go so far as to say WAP is dead. But the idea that an IT manager or Webmaster should have to learn WML to create a WAP site is hogwash, ... The idea that WML replaces HTML is silly.
entry processing requires screen size voice
How do handset manufacturers get around screen size and entry method? Voice may be the way we are going to end up, but voice requires a lot of processing power,