I totally agree that Gartner cannot be trusted. I've seen them say that Java is the preferred enterprise development tool over .NET, then the next week say the exact opposite. Their research is totally untrustworthy and results based on the bias of the researcher.


>1) That link you provided is a quintessential example of how to distort reality with statistics. The market share numbers reported by Gartner don't capture transitions in the last 18-24 months, or instances where MIcrosoft was chosen over Oracle in the vendor selection process. This, along with any lag on sales reporting numbers or royalty payments, are factors in reading the site link you posted.
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>(Given that you're a former Fox guy, I'm surprised you don't have a healthy suspicion of Gartner to begin with - they've pulled plenty of Svengali-like tactics in the past).