Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
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Walker Digital doesn't look like much more than an idea house that comes up with ideas, then sues people who come up with similar ones. I think that kind of behavior is very similar to what happened on the high seas with pirates. It's being done under the auspices of a legitimate business practice, but in fact it's concealing behavior that is anything but fair business practice.
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.
aol car company putting strategy waiting washed
AOL was a company waiting to die, Suddenly, they had a strategy that wasn't just about putting them out of business. They washed the car and it got a lot more attractive.
company gave near needs nowhere property strategy waiting work
They were a company waiting to die, ... They've done some work to make the property more attractive. The portal strategy is what gave them a future. It's nowhere near where it needs to be, but at least they've got one.
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Few things could have done more damage to the 2006 PC market then the slip of Windows Vista. This will have an adverse impact on a broad cross section of components and platform PC suppliers who depend on the 4th quarter to make their numbers. The big issue is consumers typically do not wait to buy, and will chose to buy something else and now wait until later in 2007 to purchase their computers.
hoped looks point year
It looks like a comprehensive package, but they've been working at this for some time, ... Most of us hoped they would be at this point a year ago.
groove light microsoft time turn
Microsoft has always been light on the collaborative side, ... It's about time they show what Groove is going to turn into at Microsoft.
audrey bad best child poster turned
Audrey was one of the best implementations of what turned out to be a really bad idea, ... It could be the poster child for this.
depending killer move moving music next relate
Depending on what it is you're moving and how much of it you can move, it could really be the next killer app. It could relate to everything - from how you move movies, how you move music and how you move your pictures.
blended calls continue eventually internet phones represent simply wireless
Blended wireless phones will continue to proliferate and do represent a bridging technology. Eventually we will be making our calls consistently over the Internet, and the phone will simply become another wireless Internet appliance.
crossed land
They have completely crossed over into La-La Land.
analogue car design impact market share side
The analogue on the car side is probably Porsche. Because its design is so important to users, it has a lot more impact on the market than its market share would indicate.
budgets cutting managers seen soft tempting tough
Cutting R&D budgets can be tempting for managers during tough times. It's seen as a soft cost, like marketing.
capability
The capability is there to make it look like an Aqua clone. This is going to be a very Apple-like launch.