# Radicati PR nightmare
Fun and games at Ed Brill's site. The Domino community have been pulling a recent Radicati analysis of the messaging market to pieces. It seems there's been some behind the scenes back-and-forthing, which (again, it seems) ended up with at least one member of Radicati posting snotty messages on Ed Brill's site under at least 2 pseudonyms. Clearly the culprit ain't the brightest analyst on the block, because Ed rather quickly cottoned on to the fact that emails and posts were all coming from the same IP address.
Observation 1: You can't be anonymous online. You just can't. If you don't want a statement publically associated with you, forever, then don't put it on the Internet.
Observation 2: The independent analyst farce is getting a little tired. My own view is that being an analyst for hire, peddling one's wares the highest bidder under the veneer of "objectivity" comes dangerously close to another famous profession that isn't discussed in polite circles, (although the Profession That Shall Not Be Named is probably a lot more honest). Sure, analysts and researchers have a necessary and valuable role to play, but it's how you position your output that matters: to my mind there is a vast difference between "Microsoft have paid us to run some numbers which support their position, here they are..." and "Oh golly, we just sat down and threw around some numbers, and whoda thought? Microsoft rulez!" It's an integrity thing, plain and simple.
Tangentially, it's funny how one wayward employee (if it is in fact an employee) can jeopardise any credibility the Radicati Group had with the click of a single 'Submit' button. I wouldn't be surprised if some sort of "official" response is forthcoming - I would expect some people to move fairly quickly to distance themselves from the whole mess.
(other follow-ups, at Business Controls Caddy and Eric Mack Online)
Observation 1: You can't be anonymous online. You just can't. If you don't want a statement publically associated with you, forever, then don't put it on the Internet.
Observation 2: The independent analyst farce is getting a little tired. My own view is that being an analyst for hire, peddling one's wares the highest bidder under the veneer of "objectivity" comes dangerously close to another famous profession that isn't discussed in polite circles, (although the Profession That Shall Not Be Named is probably a lot more honest). Sure, analysts and researchers have a necessary and valuable role to play, but it's how you position your output that matters: to my mind there is a vast difference between "Microsoft have paid us to run some numbers which support their position, here they are..." and "Oh golly, we just sat down and threw around some numbers, and whoda thought? Microsoft rulez!" It's an integrity thing, plain and simple.
Tangentially, it's funny how one wayward employee (if it is in fact an employee) can jeopardise any credibility the Radicati Group had with the click of a single 'Submit' button. I wouldn't be surprised if some sort of "official" response is forthcoming - I would expect some people to move fairly quickly to distance themselves from the whole mess.
(other follow-ups, at Business Controls Caddy and Eric Mack Online)
File under: notes/domino : {2004.07.28 12:57}
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