Talk:Industry analyst

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I added a fairly significant amount of content to the existing article -- there's lots of room for change, tuning and possibly trimming. I looked at some of the other "analyst" pages for ideas on organization and structure. Look forward to changes and discussion by others.FrenchB 09:20, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

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I believe this article has some spam in it (lots actually). I am reluctant to delete what I consider spam because I am a direct participant in this industry and have a bias. Someone with sufficient knowledge but without a direct interest in the business should make the changes.

The same applies for the following statement which I feel is open to much interpretation: Notable examples of analyst firms creating models based on social media and "open research and analysis" include RedMonk, Macehiter Ward-Dutton, and Freeform Dynamics, all based in or having offices in the United Kingdom... I have added a reference to Wikibon as a US-based example which I feel better reflects an example of so-called "open research" however I am involved in Wikibon and would ask that someone without involvement clean up this section. I did not include a link to Wikibon but you can google it and decide for yourself whether or not it fits the description of 'open' and deserves to be in the article.

I'd ask editors to please consider the following: Open means not only free of charge but freedom to use in any commercial or non-commercial way. The Web sites of the examples cited as "open research and analysis" all have fairly onerous copyright notices or terms of service on their Web sites which seem to violate the spirit of open. --Twostardav 18:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)