Rob Enderle
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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.[1]
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,”[2] 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.”[3] Nevertheless, Enderle was a featured speaker at the Desktop Linux Summit 2006.[4]
Rob Enderle predicted Apple's decline, in 2003 ("The biggest long-term problem with moving to an Apple platform is that the company is in decline.". Source: Wired).
In the "Apple Death Knell Counter" at Macobserver.com, Enderle has been cited as predicting the demise of the Macintosh more times since 1995 than any other industry observer.[5] Technology observer John Gruber has described Enderle's predictions on Apple as "nearly always completely wrong (at least regarding Apple)"[6], 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".[7]
Enderle also supported SCO's case against IBM and Linux. Later he admitted: "Like Dan Lyons, I was deceived. But unlike him, it wasn’t just SCO; there were the Linux loyalists who pushed me onto SCO’s side as well". (Source: TG Daily)
Before founding the Enderle Group, Enderle was an analyst at Giga Information Group (acquired by Forrester Research), Dataquest (acquired by Gartner) [8], IBM, ROLM (acquired by IBM), and The Walt Disney Company.
Rob Enderle had been a vocal commentator in the recent high-def format war writing for Digital Trends. [9] His credibility has been publicly called into question on the topic, being charged with claiming to be an independent observer while on the payroll of Toshiba. [10]
Enderle predicted in 2006 that Toshiba's HD DVD would beat Sony's Blu-Ray: "Optical HD Battle May Be Over: HD DVD Wins" Digital Trends. In 2007 he wrote: "A number of experts are pointing out why Blu-Ray is a mess. In hindsight, Blu-Ray should never have existed." IT Business Edge. On February 19, 2008, Toshiba — the main company supporting HD DVD — announced it would no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders, leading almost all other HD DVD supporters to follow suit, effectively naming Blu-ray the victor of the format war.
[edit] Education
- Orange Coast College, Associate's degree in Merchandising[11]
- California State University, Long Beach, B.S. in Business Administration, MBA[11]
- Pace University, CMA Certificate[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Vance, Ashlee. "NY Times rattles IT industry with analyst ban", The Register, 2006-12-12. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
- ^ Rob, Enderle (2004-08-03). "Free Software and the Fools who use it". SCO Forum 2004. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. 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 on 2007-03-13. 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 on 2007-03-13.
• Enderle, Rob (2004-08-11). "Free as in Freedom: A Keynote Considered". LinuxInsider. ECT News Network, Inc..
Additional discussion and critiques of Enderle's keynote are available on Groklaw written on August 10, 2004 and August 12, 2004. - ^ Enderle, Rob (2003-10-20). "Pros, Priests and Zealots: The Three Faces of Linux". TechNewsWorld. ECT News Network, Inc..
- ^ Joe Barr. "Desktop Linux Summit finale", Newsforge, 2006-04-26.
- ^ {{cite news - |title=Apple Death Knell Counter - Apple Has Been Declared Dead 51 Times Since April, 1995 - |publisher=Mac Observer - |url=http://www.macobserver.com/appledeathknell/index.shtml - |author=Bryan Chaffin - |date=2002-10-29}}
- ^ {{cite news - |title=Rob Enderle: Putting the ‘Anal’ in ‘Analyst’ - |work=Daring Fireball - |url=http://daringfireball.net/2003/12/enderle - |authorlink=John Gruber - |first=John - |last=Gruber - |date=2003-12-28}}
- ^ {{cite news - |title=Gina Keating, Ace Reporter - |work=Daring Fireball - |url=http://daringfireball.net/2007/12/keating - |first=John - |last=Gruber - |date=2007-12-30}}
- ^ prweb.com (2007-04-10). "Dell-Linux Marriage: Desktop Prominence Or Five-Year Setback?". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
- ^ Will Time Warner’s Move to Blu-Ray End HD War?. DigitalTrends.com (2007-12-11). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Rob Enderle is a liar. WesleyTech.com (2007-12-12). Retrieved on 2008-01-23. “Mr. Enderle is on the payroll of Toshiba, the main backer of HD DVD”
- ^ a b c Biography for Rob Enderle
