Comments on: today’s grammar lesson: rob enderle

By: mandelbrain

mandelbrain — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:19:47 +0000

Famous Rob Enderle quote: “I give SCO a 50 to 65 % chance of success.”

By: xyzzy322002

xyzzy322002 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:55:07 +0000

Re teh gerbil:

To paraphrase SNL “Robbie you ignorant slut!”

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links for 2009-12-11 | /dev/random — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:01:58 +0000

[...] today’s grammar lesson: rob enderle It’s generally not worth one’s time to point out that Rob Enderle is wrong about something. Enderle, for those of you who don’t know, is one of those “technology analysts” who gets paid to “consult” on the current trends and future directions of the technology industry. Why anyone would pay for his services is beyond me. Enderle is so frequently wrong about the market, misguided in his predictions, and fallacious in his analysis that I’d need to start a whole new website just to accurately catalogue the various mistakes he’s made and lies he’s told over the years. (tags: apple blog technology douchebags) [...]

By: Reading Around on December 9th through December 10th | B12 Solipsism

Reading Around on December 9th through December 10th | B12 Solipsism — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:03:13 +0000

[...] Jon22 » today’s grammar lesson: rob enderle – Rob Enderle is the Sarah Palin of the technology world, minus all the fun jokes about the front-door view of Russia. [...]

By: Bob Dronski

Bob Dronski — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:02:14 +0000

It seems that we’re missing an obvious point. Enderle must be paid by the word. It doesn’t seem to matter if it is cogent, factual, or merely the equivalent of monkeys with typewriters.

By: Jared Earle

Jared Earle — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:13:39 +0000

“It was the Apple Newton, the obvious precursor of today’s tablet-based devices, that initially captured our imaginations, even though it wasn’t the first device of its kind.”

Fixed it for you.

By: Rob Enderle is the Sarah Palin of the technology world, minus all the fun jokes about the front-door view of Russia « Sharing the truth one thread at a time

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:21:52 +0000

[...] world, minus all the fun jokes about the front-door view of Russia December 10, 2009 Via DF: Jonathan Dobres rewrites Rob Enderle’s review of the Joojoo. It’s generally not worth one’s time to point [...]

By: Miche Doherty

Miche Doherty — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:42:36 +0000

How, I wonder, can a jury be largely out?

But the highlight of the piece, for me, is this bravura display of metaphor mixing: “it approaches the market using what should be an unsuccessful path and its messy birth may effectively sour the well for the Apple tablet”

By: Russell W

Russell W — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:18:49 +0000

While I strongly support knocking down Enderle (what a maroon!) I have to disagree, stylistically, with one edit that you made. Devices can be capable of interesting things.

The concept of a large tablet device capable of doing many interesting things goes back to before the Apple Newton…

“Doing” here isn’t doing anything. A computer computes, it doesn’t do. A search engine searches, it doesn’t do. A device devices… well, you get the point. “Doing” is a busy word when added to this particular sentence.

All your other critiques are spot-on though. (And don’t visit my blog, you’re not invited.)

By: James

James — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:01:37 +0000

I’m sorry, I must be coming late to the party, I assumed Rob was kind of a ‘Fake Steve Jobs’ parody of an analyst.

I mean this at the bottom of his page

“Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry Analysts are paid to stay up to date on current events and identify trends and either explain the trends or make suggestions, tactical and strategic, on how to best take advantage of them. Currently he provides his services to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.”

You mean he’s not intentionally trying to be funny