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Rob Enderle

August 2009

August 27, 2009

Apple's Surprising Snow Leopard Head Fake

With Steve Jobs back and clearly motivated to show that he is running the company again, Apple appears to be executing at an incredibly high level at the moment. It appears he is personally managin... More >

August 25, 2009

The Endemic Problem with Free Products

The idea of free software largely came up during the dot-com years when a generation of erstwhile college graduates who evidently skated through their business and economics classes decoupled product... More >

August 20, 2009

The Increasing Dangers of IT/Purchasing Vendor Perks

A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with Jeff LaValley to catch up and talk about old times. Jeff and I worked for IBM Internal Audit on a team specifically created to deal with acquisitions and proble... More >

August 17, 2009

Cat Gets GED: Why GPAs, Degrees and Job Titles May Be Worthless

I’ve always been a big believer in practical experience. This came to mind this morning when I read an article about a cat getting a GED .   I’m kind of sorry I didn’t think of this stunt after... More >

Blu-Ray and Getting Tired of Technology Religions

Watching the “ debate ” over the President’s attempt to fix what is clearly a crippled health care system and what appears to be a plan that might actually make it worse, it seems that the focus is o... More >

August 12, 2009

Looking Ahead to Windows 8 and the Rebirth of Windows

Windows 7 is about to come out, so why in the world would I want to write about the next generation of Windows? One, because we already know much of what we need to know about Windows 7. It is better... More >

August 6, 2009

Risky Keyboards and Weaponized iPods: Is Apple Security an Oxymoron?

This has kind of been an interesting week of the weird. I spent much of it in industry analyst-only confidential sessions that looked at what was coming in the market. And there is a ton of stuff com... More >

August 4, 2009

Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting: Sales, Windows Mobile, and Overall Impressions

In this final section of my series from the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting, I will give my impressions from the final two Industry Analyst-only meetings. The content was NDA, but I’ll share my i... More >

Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting: Chris Liddell, Ray Ozzie

In this fourth segment of the series, I'll cover what was said by Microsoft’s CFO and during the Executive Question and Answer Period that came at the end of the main program.   Chris Liddell CF... More >

August 3, 2009

Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting: Stephen Elop, Bob Muglia

This is the third part in the series on Microsoft’s Financial Analyst Meeting from last week, focusing on Microsoft’s Business Division and Server & Tools.   Stephen Elop:  Microsoft Busines... More >

Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting: Craig Mundie, Qi Lu

This is the second segment in my look at Microsoft and what it shared at its Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM).  In this segment we'll look at Research and On-Line Services. Craig Mundie:  Research &nb... More >

Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting: Steve Ballmer, Kevin Turner, Robbie Bach

I’m writing this from the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) in Redmond, Wash. (held last Friday). Redmond typically is cold and cloudy, but is currently experiencing 100+ temperatures, and it... More >