Sarah

http://laptopseries.net

This wasn’t a “public relations” person. This was me and only me talking on my own with my own opinions. That’s stated pretty clearly in the disclaimer on the top right of every page on this site.

This isn’t a tit for tat either. A lot of people look to major analyst firms such as IDC and Gartner for advice and sometimes base purchasing decisions on reports like this. That’s why I try to keep an eye on what people are saying and talking about and publishing to make sure the information is accurate. That was my whole problem with this report – the accuracy. For the past several years and even as early as August of this year Gartner has been quoting 86% market share. The numbers just don’t match up and that’s why I’m calling them into question. Until IDC provides some transparency to the report no one can be sure if the numbers are accurate or not.

As for how things are going at VMware. Just take a look at the Q3 numbers (the first full quarter that Hyper-V was actually shipping by the way). Those numbers speak for themselves.

In the future I’d appreciate it if you stuck to the facts and didn’t just rant or flame me on the blog. I make it very clear that I ban such users not offering constructive criticism and just posting flames.

this sort of tit for tat blogging is quite useless and frankly places me in a position where I question the internal fortitude of VMWare and their faith in their products.

If such an insignificant survey result sways VMware into action – I ask myself _ “Is there a probelm??”

If a simple survey gets this sort of response – is there actually a problem at VMWare that has caused it to retaliate – giving readers the imression that where there is smoke – there is fire.

I hope this was not initiated by one of the overpaid public relations idiots often employed by large companies.

If it was – you need to seriously consider what message this action send to your market.

Michael Shirer
Corporate Communications Director
IDC