I've heard them say similar things in the past. I actually saw Gartner once say "Java is the preferred choice for enterprise development" then one week later say, ".Net is the preferred choice for enterprise development" (not exactly those words, but close enough). Yeah, that gives me lots of confidence in their predictions.

Microsoft is going to be around a long time

>Gartner (everyone's favourite prognosticator) says MS "could be obsolete" by 2017:
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>http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/microsoft-could-obsolete-2017-gartner-report-154459119.html