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On Holidays, Hot Air and the 7 Horrors of Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 2, 2008

“”I don’t know why people even bother with Gartner,” Montreal
consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack told LinuxInsider.
“Ever see their predictions about Itanium? IBM absolutely lambasted
them for revising their predicted Itanium sales downward each year
and still being wrong every time.”

“Indeed, the company “could probably save money and improve
their odds by firing all their experts and just hiring some fortune
tellers instead,” Mack said.”

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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