Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
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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.
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This is going to be a tough second half of the year for Apple. No matter where you look, it's stormy clouds.
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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.
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This is a major slip with material consequences. Missing the fourth quarter will have a significant impact on consumer sales.
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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.
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The business market wants low-maintenance devices. Appliances can get close to this profile,
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I would argue this is the first major step towards a subscription operating system.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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Certainly the new iMac is a powerful offering, and Steve Jobs has pulled another rabbit out of his hat. But their biggest problem will continue to be their ability to get parts.
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Never in my career have I seen the customer base so angry at Microsoft,