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:ComputerWorld Today: Gartner slams Linux with hostile review
ComputerWorld Today: Gartner slams Linux with hostile review
Oct 14, 1999, 17 :25 UTC (82 Talkback[s]) (17927 reads)
(Other stories by Ellen Cresswell)

"A damning report from Gartner has all but put the kiss of death on Linux, but devotees of the OS maintain it's a force to be reckoned with."

"Linux is the 'hype du jour' that is thought by some to have the potential to upset Microsoft's dominance on the mainstream desktop," the Gartner Group report says. "We believe Linux deployments for desktops will not usurp OS dominance from Microsoft. "The lack of standards in the Linux community, coupled with a lack of key productivity applications and with Unix complexity, will continue to make Linux a poor choice for the mainstream business productivity user."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Will these FUDmeisters ever learn? Have ...   Funny   
Gabe
Oct 14, 1999, 17:41:26  
Nothing to see here...move on.. ...   The same Gartner who praised it 2 years ago?   
Prometheus...
Oct 14, 1999, 17:41:29  
I'm trying to figure out what the la ...   Pretty odd   
John Cavan
Oct 14, 1999, 17:42:14  
So far they have been wrong about damn n ...   Gartner Groups Track Record...   
John Abkner
Oct 14, 1999, 17:43:04  
Ooooh I'm quaking in my shoes! The ...   Kiss of death? From Gartner?? HAHAHAH   
Frobozz
Oct 14, 1999, 17:43:44  
AND I LOVE IT!!!!!hahahahahahreal/true m ...   I've made the poor choice....   
yuri vil
Oct 14, 1999, 17:44:37  
It appears that more and more of the val ...   Scoffing suicide   
David Kastrup
Oct 14, 1999, 17:46:25  
MS must have paid heavily for this repor ...   C'mon   
Robert Crawford
Oct 14, 1999, 17:47:16  
Question: Are the people with Gartner Gr ...   Gartner Group   
Wolfgang Schorer
Oct 14, 1999, 17:47:24  
I guess Garnter is just pouting that the ...   WallStreet Seems to like Linux...   
Delong Buckly
Oct 14, 1999, 17:47:32  
Isn't that statement a little grandi ...   Kiss of death?   
Phoenix
Oct 14, 1999, 17:51:12  
Oh yeah? Well try to find Microsoft Anyt ...   Oh Yeah?   
Paterik
Oct 14, 1999, 18:02:56  
Well, Gartner is at it again - this time ...   Gartner again!   
George Fouse
Oct 14, 1999, 18:07:14  
According to LWN (Daily) the links to th ...   Articles at Gardner   
theHippo
Oct 14, 1999, 18:07:57  
Before anybody gets too upset by this, t ...   Gartner author - Microsoft   
Patrick Hickel
Oct 14, 1999, 18:12:14  
Taking over the mantle from java, which ...   Spin City:Hype du jour? I thought that was W2   
dinotrac
Oct 14, 1999, 18:12:25  
"Linux is the 'hype du jour'"... ...   A Translation   
David Johnson
Oct 14, 1999, 18:15:22  
Looks like Microsofts check cleared to t ...   Check cleared   
ivo
Oct 14, 1999, 18:18:13  
As an attorney I would suggest someone f ...   From the legal perspective...   
Williams Jennings
Oct 14, 1999, 18:21:02  
I looked at figure one, in article 5, at ...   Misleading Charts - help me understand this...   
Frank White
Oct 14, 1999, 18:33:59  
Before we get too upset, please take a p ...   Thank you Patrick.   
Scott Seely
Oct 14, 1999, 18:36:57  
Isn't this the same Gartner that a f ...   Does Gartner have credibility?   
Jeff Cavins
Oct 14, 1999, 18:37:05  
MS-written FUD published as if it's ...   Incredible!   
Robert Crawford
Oct 14, 1999, 18:42:09  
From the bottom of each page: Microsoft ...   Disclaimer   
Fra. 219
Oct 14, 1999, 18:43:41  
Microsoft Web Letter is published by Mic ...   This is the fine print   
JP Brahma
Oct 14, 1999, 18:45:10  
Yep.. you are right on target, but one t ...   Re: Pretty odd   
JRM
Oct 14, 1999, 19:00:34  
This is my request for The Garter Group, ...   Please Keep using NT   
FT Rathore
Oct 14, 1999, 19:04:37  
Why must we listen to the Gartner Group? ...   Why is it?   
Randolph Karrh
Oct 14, 1999, 19:06:15  
> You will find a very tiny print discla ...   Re: Microsoft's authorship   
Kevin M. Krom
Oct 14, 1999, 19:07:40  
As usual, MS tries to spread FUD through ...   Customer Deception   
Prasad Samarajiva
Oct 14, 1999, 19:07:57  
So the real idiots are at ComputerWorld, ...   published by MS   
juarez
Oct 14, 1999, 19:10:51  
This appears to be pretty much on target ...   Article on the money - do you guys know any comput   
Christoph
Oct 14, 1999, 19:18:24  
Of articles without authors....And who t ...   Beware   
Bill Nuxli
Oct 14, 1999, 19:18:57  
Note, this report is on Linux on the des ...   This is about the Desktop!!!   
Tim Dion
Oct 14, 1999, 19:25:35  
is gartner pulling a "mindcraft"? were ...   doh!   
mikem
Oct 14, 1999, 19:36:15  
First to Patrick: Great Catch on the aut ...   Kudos all around. Sharp crowd here.   
dinotrac
Oct 14, 1999, 20:01:18  
The Idea that one Operating System (O/S ...   Why Linux is MUCH Better!!   
Sam Taylor
Oct 14, 1999, 20:05:56  
I am a bit concerned about the plain stu ...   too stupid   
Hans Paijmans
Oct 14, 1999, 20:13:22  
Two years ago the Gartner group said Lin ...   Two years ago....   
Perry Piplani
Oct 14, 1999, 20:14:28  
This is Microsoft Published FUD. Gartner ...   This is a Microsoft FUD article not Gartner's.   
S.Mitchell
Oct 14, 1999, 20:18:31  
There is no way to get hold of "Ellen" a ...   Hit and Run Journalism...   
John MacPhereson
Oct 14, 1999, 20:21:13  
WHAT?!"We believe Linux deployments for ...   What a line of @#%&   
MadDogTMC
Oct 14, 1999, 20:40:12  
To be fair, the Gartner Group did not ca ...   Re: Kiss of death? From Gartner?? HAH   
PieceMaker
Oct 14, 1999, 20:44:52  
...remember that they also published the ...   Before jumping on Gartner...   
Microserf
Oct 14, 1999, 20:45:04  
Actually, it appears to me that the auth ...   Re: Re: Microsoft's authorship   
PieceMaker
Oct 14, 1999, 21:13:26  
i agree with you john, but i for one am ...   re: john macphereson   
mikem
Oct 14, 1999, 21:14:00  
Since Gartner charge$ quite a bit of ban ...   Anyone have access to the article   
C Watson
Oct 14, 1999, 21:25:28  
For all those who would like to write: ...   author's email address   
AC
Oct 14, 1999, 21:28:35  
Got nailed for fine print that was a lit ...   Publisher's Clearing House...   
Kythe
Oct 14, 1999, 21:30:43  
My prediction: When 'our man' ...   prediction, issues   
Dean Durant
Oct 14, 1999, 21:33:26  
Linux isn't ready to challange Micro ...   Desktop future   
Larry Davison
Oct 14, 1999, 21:55:53  
Almost all big businesses (whatever your ...   Articles like this are paid ads...   
Xunil Ung
Oct 14, 1999, 22:49:31  
So, my earlier comment about this whole ...   A-ha!   
Frobozz
Oct 14, 1999, 22:55:11  
> Also, one can put an NT server in a ro ...   [offtopic] Re: prediction, issues   
Robert Woodcock
Oct 14, 1999, 23:56:33  
Desktop and server space are different, ...   Re: dinotrac - Subject: Kudos all around. Sharp cr   
Ooogy
Oct 15, 1999, 00:18:19  
At Gartner's symposium on October 12 ...   What Did _Gartner_ Really Say?   
Howard B. Golden
Oct 15, 1999, 00:38:12  
Well Christoph claims that Gartner Group ...   Not ready for the desktop?   
Ed Collins
Oct 15, 1999, 00:46:06  
CEO/President/Publisher Michela O'Co ...   computerworld email addresses   
Kevin Patrick Crowley
Oct 15, 1999, 01:02:48  
Well this just goes to show that money t ...   Money talks(I predict the kiss of death for micros   
Mike
Oct 15, 1999, 01:38:11  
Okay, what were some of the other trends ...   Kiss of Death   
Alan Harris
Oct 15, 1999, 01:45:20  
OK, please don't flame Ellen Cresswe ...   Author's reponse   
Greg Mildenhall
Oct 15, 1999, 03:01:14  
Look carefully at the URLs referred to i ...   it's authored by M$   
Ken
Oct 15, 1999, 03:16:15  
I emailed the author and she replied. I ...   Reply from Author   
ivo
Oct 15, 1999, 03:34:41  
I've got something similar, though m ...   Re: Re: dinotrac - Subject: Kudos all around. Shar   
dinotrac
Oct 15, 1999, 03:50:12  
Christoph wrote:>But the simple fact is ...   Re: Article on the money [etc.]   
Arne Adolfsen
Oct 15, 1999, 04:50:59  
'This appears to be pretty much on t ...   Re: Article on the money - do you guys know any co   
BR
Oct 15, 1999, 06:02:11  
Actually, Ken,you are the one who has no ...   Check your facts Ken - Gartner confirms authorship   
Andrew Birmingham
Oct 15, 1999, 07:35:40  
A lot of people seem to consider Windows ...   Windows is not the holy grail   
Richard Corfield
Oct 15, 1999, 08:20:37  
MUHAUHUHAHAHAHAHAH, Non technical ppl ca ...   Foolish Gartner etc.   
Sancar Saran
Oct 15, 1999, 09:05:36  
No doubt Linux is a great OS, in terms o ...   Re: Re: Article on the money [etc.]   
augie©
Oct 15, 1999, 09:36:01  
Firstly, is it not remarkable that Linux ...   A kiss, but not the kiss of death   
A.J.Mayo
Oct 15, 1999, 10:43:54  
Here is how to make money fast.1. Call y ...   Make fast $$$ as a journalist.   
Anthony
Oct 15, 1999, 10:52:57  
Indeed, many of my points are open for c ...   Re: Re: Article on the money - do you guys know an   
Christoph
Oct 15, 1999, 12:49:50  
Users don't need to mount floppies a ...   Hey, augie:   
Robert Crawford
Oct 15, 1999, 12:57:27  
It seems folks aren't reading your s ...   Hey Christoph -- My Sympathies   
dinotrac
Oct 15, 1999, 13:45:14  
>>"...Linux has not affected sales of Wi ...   Not affected sales of NT?   
Will
Oct 15, 1999, 13:48:16  
The Gartner Group have appointed themsel ...   Gartner Group discredited.   
Will
Oct 15, 1999, 14:08:34  
linux shows greater productivity with st ...   linux   
joe
Oct 15, 1999, 14:27:31  
Apologies for the briefness. Netscape li ...   Re: Re: Re: Article on the money - do you guys kno   
BR
Oct 15, 1999, 14:58:54  
for articles like these so when ever rea ...   LinuxToday: Time to open a comic section...   
Jerry Kreps
Oct 15, 1999, 17:42:06  
Response was very, very broad; to the ex ...   My first WebHelp search   
John Britton
Jan 17, 2000, 23:10:18  
If linux is not a viable alternative to ...   linux   
bob
May 7, 2000, 00:29:12  
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