>>As for Gartner, they will never retract what they said. They are not going to admit they made a mistake. <<

>Not true. "Changing" what they said is not the same as admitting error. It is cast as "responding to a changing market". It happens all the time- eg, otherwise sharebrokers who issue "sell" recommendations then recommend "buy" when the company does better or gets a patent or whatever.

John;

Perhaps Gartner will not say anything on this issue until something changes!

Tom