Rob Enderle
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- See also: Robert Charles Enderle
Rob Enderle, founder of the Enderle Group, is a consultant, writer, and widely quoted technical and legal analyst in the information technology industry. Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices, the SCO Group, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell are (or have been) among his clients.[1]
Enderle has been critical of Apple Computer and Linux, as well as Unix and the open source/free software movements in general. In particular, he has described Linux as a “free-software scam,”[2] and he has compared some Linux advocates to terrorists, predicting that “one of them — or perhaps a group of them — will go too far at some point and do significant damage to the open-source movement, the ongoing litigation with SCO or their employers.”[3] Nevertheless, Enderle was a featured speaker at the Desktop Linux Summit 2006.[4]
According to the “Apple Death Knell Counter” at macobserver.com, Enderle has predicted the demise of the Macintosh more times since 1995 than any other industry observer — predictions which (as of 2007) have yet to come to pass.[5]
Before founding the Enderle Group, Mr. Enderle was a founding analyst at Giga Information Group (acquired by Forrester Research), Dataquest (acquired by Gartner), IBM, ROLM (acquired by IBM), and The Walt Disney Company.
[edit] Education
- Orange Coast College, Associate's degree in Merchandising
- California State University, Long Beach, B.S. in Manpower Management, MBA with emphasis on market research
- Pace University, CMA Certificate
[edit] References
- ^ Vance, Ashlee. "NY Times rattles IT industry with analyst ban", The Register, 2006-12-12. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ Rob, Enderle (2004-08-03). "Free Software and the Fools who use it". SCO Forum 2004. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Transcript removed from SCO's website, however an image of Conference schedule is available. See also Wehneman, Neil (2004-08-11). Logical Critique of Rob Enderle's "Free Software and the Idiots Who Buy It". fallinggrace.com (now lifeofalawstudent.com). Retrieved on March 13, 2007. Includes claimed full reproduction of the transcript interspersed with Wehnman's commentary.
Enderle followed the keynote with two articles regarding free software and the SCO litigation:
• Enderle, Rob (2004-08-04). Perspective: SCO Forum. Perspectives. Enderle Group. Retrieved on March 13, 2007.
• Enderle, Rob (2004-08-11). "Free as in Freedom: A Keynote Considered". LinuxInsider. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
Additional discussion and critiques of Enderle's keynote are available on Groklaw written on August 10, 2004 and August 12, 2004. - ^ Enderle, Rob (2003-10-20). "Pros, Priests and Zealots: The Three Faces of Linux". TechNewsWorld. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
- ^ Joe Barr. "Desktop Linux Summit finale", 2006-04-26.
- ^ Bryan Chaffin. "Apple Death Knell Counter - Apple Has Been Declared Dead 51 Times Since April, 1995", 2002-10-29.
