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According to the “Apple Death Knell Counter” at macobserver.com, Enderle has predicted the demise of the ] more times since 1995 than any other industry observer.<ref name="deathknell">{{cite news According to the “Apple Death Knell Counter” at macobserver.com, Enderle has predicted the demise of the ] more times since 1995 than any other industry observer.<ref name="deathknell">{{cite news
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|date=2002-10-29}}</ref> Technology observer ] has described Enderle's predictions on Apple as "nearly always completely wrong (at least regarding Apple)"<ref>{{cite news
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Before founding the Enderle Group, Mr. Enderle was a founding analyst at ] (acquired by ]), Dataquest (acquired by ]) <ref>{{cite press release |title=Dell-Linux Marriage: Desktop Prominence Or Five-Year Setback? |publisher=prweb.com |date=2007-04-10 |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb517658.htm |accessdate=2007-04-10|quote= }}</ref>, ], ] (acquired by ]), and ]. Before founding the Enderle Group, Enderle was a founding analyst at ] (acquired by ]), Dataquest (acquired by ]) <ref>{{cite press release |title=Dell-Linux Marriage: Desktop Prominence Or Five-Year Setback? |publisher=prweb.com |date=2007-04-10 |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb517658.htm |accessdate=2007-04-10|quote= }}</ref>, ], ] (acquired by ]), and ].


==Education== ==Education==

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Rob Enderle, founder of the Enderle Group, is a consultant, writer, and widely quoted technical and legal analyst in the information technology industry. Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices, the SCO Group, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell are (or have been) among his clients.

Enderle has been critical of Apple Computer and Linux, as well as Unix and the open source/free software movements in general. In particular, he has described Linux as a “free-software scam”, and he has compared some Linux advocates to terrorists, predicting that “one of them — or perhaps a group of them — will go too far at some point and do significant damage to the open-source movement, the ongoing litigation with SCO or their employers.” Nevertheless, Enderle was a featured speaker at the Desktop Linux Summit 2006.

According to the “Apple Death Knell Counter” at macobserver.com, Enderle has predicted the demise of the Macintosh more times since 1995 than any other industry observer. Technology observer John Gruber has described Enderle's predictions on Apple as "nearly always completely wrong (at least regarding Apple)", and that "the only way it would be worthwhile for tech reporters to continue to press Enderle for quotes would be if they were willing to describe him as “almost always utterly wrong”, thus letting readers know that the opposite of what he claims is probably the case".

Before founding the Enderle Group, Enderle was a founding analyst at Giga Information Group (acquired by Forrester Research), Dataquest (acquired by Gartner) , IBM, ROLM (acquired by IBM), and The Walt Disney Company.

Education

References

  1. Vance, Ashlee (2006-12-12). "NY Times rattles IT industry with analyst ban". The Register. Retrieved 2006-12-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Rob, Enderle (2004-08-03). "Free Software and the Fools who use it". SCO Forum 2004. {{cite conference}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (|book-title= suggested) (help) Transcript removed from SCO's website, however an image of Conference schedule is available. See also Wehneman, Neil (2004-08-11). "Logical Critique of Rob Enderle's "Free Software and the Idiots Who Buy It"". fallinggrace.com (now lifeofalawstudent.com). Retrieved 2007-03-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Includes claimed full reproduction of the transcript interspersed with Wehnman's commentary.
    Enderle followed the keynote with two articles regarding free software and the SCO litigation:
     • Enderle, Rob (2004-08-04). "Perspective: SCO Forum". Perspectives. Enderle Group. Retrieved 2007-03-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
     • Enderle, Rob (2004-08-11). "Free as in Freedom: A Keynote Considered". LinuxInsider. ECT News Network, Inc. Retrieved 2007-03-13. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
    Additional discussion and critiques of Enderle's keynote are available on Groklaw written on August 10, 2004 and August 12, 2004.
  3. Enderle, Rob (2003-10-20). "Pros, Priests and Zealots: The Three Faces of Linux". TechNewsWorld. ECT News Network, Inc. Retrieved 2007-03-13. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. Barr, Joe (2006-04-26). "Desktop Linux Summit finale". {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |publiser= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  5. Chaffin, Bryan (2002-10-29). "Apple Death Knell Counter - Apple Has Been Declared Dead 51 Times Since April, 1995". Mac Observer.
  6. Gruber, John (2003-12-28). "Rob Enderle: Putting the 'Anal' in 'Analyst'". Daring Fireball.
  7. Gruber, John (2007-12-30). "Gina Keating, Ace Reporter". Daring Fireball.
  8. "Dell-Linux Marriage: Desktop Prominence Or Five-Year Setback?" (Press release). prweb.com. 2007-04-10. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  9. ^ http://www.promar.com/RobEnderle.html

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