Rob Enderle

Rob Enderle (born July 27, 1954 in Corona, California) is an American technology analyst.[1]

Enderle has worked at several technology companies, including EMS Development Company, ROLM Systems and IBM, before becoming a technology analyst. He began his analyst career at Dataquest, before helping to launch GiGa Information Group. After GiGa was acquired by Forrester Research, he worked at Forrester [2] until leaving to found his own firm, the Enderle Group.

Enderle covers a wide array of technology companies and related industry topics [3] and is frequently contacted by the media for his opinion on breaking news and other happenings in the technology realm.[4] He has been recognized for his expertise by being the most quoted technology analyst in the media.[5]

Enderle writes a number of columns for technological publications and regularly appears on radio and television.[6] He sits on several advisory councils, including those for the Trusted Computing Group,[7] Lenovo, AMD, HP, and the Lifeboat Foundation.[8] He shares a technology blog at Technology Pundits. He has worked as an advisor for Microsoft,[9] Dell, and Toshiba.[10]

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Enderle frequently comments in the media on a variety of technology companies, including HP,[11] Google,[12] Sony,[13] Microsoft [14] and Oracle,[15] and on technology-related topics, such as security [16] and consumer technology.[17]

Enderle's analysis of free and open source software, Linux in particular, is disputed by the FOSS community.[18][19] Speaking publicly in 2004 in a talk announced under the title "Free Software and the Fools Who Use it"[20] and presented under the title "Free Software and the Idiots who Buy It" Enderle explained his "position on Linux as a Free software scam" claiming that "it doesn't contribute to anything" (i.e. neither any common good nor any private good) and that "it may not even be sustainable on a large scale". He went on to state that those who doubt SCO's right to extract revenue from Linux users "are attacking because they disagree with the legal rights of these companies" without mention that the Linux community believes that SCO is infringing on the rights of Linux's authors.[21][22] Enderle has consistently and repeatedly recommended against Linux and intimated its failure writing such things as: "Moving away from Red Hat is the better of the two options..."[23] (2004); "... the PC OEMs don't, and probably never will, fully support Linux on the desktop"[24] (2006); "Linux exists in an environment where ... the opportunity for traditional, old style, data breach is immeasurable."[25] (2007).

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  1. ^ "10 things you didn’t know about … Rob Enderle". TGDaily.com. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37620/118/. 
  2. ^ a b "Enderle, analyst extraordinaire, is everywhere in Silicon Valley". PhysOrg.com. http://www.physorg.com/news151174486.html. 
  3. ^ "The Seven Secrets of 'Media Darlings'". BusinessWeek.com. http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2009/sb2009023_061242.htm. 
  4. ^ Enderle, Rob (December 28, 2007). "Rob Enderle: 2008's Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Microsoft And Linux". TG Daily. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35434/113/. 
  5. ^ "Special Report: Tech Analysts in the Media". ITDatabase.com. http://memos.itdatabase.com/index.php?report=an&page=1. 
  6. ^ "InformationWeek 500 Conference". Informationweek.com. http://www.informationweek.com/conference/08fall/speakers.jhtml. 
  7. ^ "TCG Advisory Council". Trusted Computing Group. https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/about/advisory_council/. Retrieved 2009-03-12. 
  8. ^ "Enderle Group: About Rob Enderle". http://www.enderlegroup.com/profile_rob.htm. Retrieved July 24, 2009. 
  9. ^ "Microsoft, Rob Enderle, and Their Conflicting Perceptions of Reality". Puget Sound Business Journal. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2008/11/Enderle_Microsoft_Ballmer_conflicting_reality34812539.html. 
  10. ^ "Information Week 500. Speakers-Rob Enderle, Principal Analyst". Informationweek.com. September 16, 2008. http://www.informationweek.com/conference/08fall/speakers.jhtmljsessionid=E3CV0OF5SN4ZNQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN. Retrieved April 6, 2010. 
  11. ^ "Urgency marks hunt for HP CEO". MercuryNews.com. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16045001?nclick_check=1. 
  12. ^ "Google Answers Searches Before You're Finished Asking". TechNewsWorld.com. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Google-Answers-Searches-Before-Youre-Finished-Asking-70782.html. 
  13. ^ "15 years and counting for PlayStation". InsideBayArea.com. http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_16023721. 
  14. ^ "What Will Microsoft Do Without Stephen Elop?". Datamation.com. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3903061/What-Will-Microsoft-Do-Without-Stephen-Elop.htm. 
  15. ^ "Legal question: Can HP keep Hurd from going to Oracle?". USAToday.com. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-09-08-hurd08_CV_N.htm. 
  16. ^ "'Here You Have' Exposes Internet Security's Achilles' Heel". TechNewsWorld.com. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/70803.html?wlc=1284660865. 
  17. ^ "Google ponders Android vs. Chrome for future tablets". Computerworld.com. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184719/Google_ponders_Android_vs._Chrome_for_future_tablets?taxonomyId=15. 
  18. ^ "PJ: Why bother repeating Enderle?". groklaw.net. http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=2009042314142049&title=PJ%3A%20Why%20bother%20repeating%20Enderle%3F&type=article&hideanonymous=0. 
  19. ^ "SCO, Linux and Rob Enderle: A Conclusion (TG Daily)". lwn.net. http://lwn.net/Articles/251305/. 
  20. ^ "The Title of the Enderle Talk at SCOForum". groklaw.net. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040813101136846. 
  21. ^ "Keynote Speech given by Rob Enderle at SCO Forum August 3, 2004". caldera.com. Archived from the original on 2004-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20040928043900/http://pl.caldera.com/2004forum/agenda/Enderle_keynote_SCO-Forum2004.html. 
  22. ^ "mp3 of Rob Enderle's 2004 SCO Forum Keynote Speech". http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/SCOForum2.mp3. 
  23. ^ "Red Hat Professional Workstation: More expensive, fewer features". linux.com. February 18, 2004. http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/34346. 
  24. ^ "Why Linux May Never Be a True Desktop OS". Tech News World. April 24, 2006. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50091.html?wlc=1270183410. 
  25. ^ "The Five Things You Aren't Allowed to Discuss About Linux". IT Business Edge (blog). Feb 26, 2007. http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/enderle/the-five-things-you-arent-allowed-to-discuss-about-linux/?cs=16507. 

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