Opinioni discordanti sui numeri del report IDC

Mike Di Petrillo (VMWare) analizza e critica i numeri espressi nel report di IDC - vedi post Microsoft (Virtualization) raggiunge il 23% di quota di mercato -.

Di seguito riporto gli 8 punti che Mike Di Petrillo consiglia di tener presente leggendo il report IDC:

1) This was a small sampling using just the OEM's numbers.
2) How do you count unit shipments for free products not delivered by the OEMs?
3) Microsoft only went up 5% from the previous measure.
4) VMware also went up 2% from the previous measure.
5) Hyper-V was only shipping for 2 business days in Q2 2008. There was no Hyper-V impact to these marketshare numbers.
6) VMware still commands a huge lead in actual product use.
7) There are real factual errors throughout the report.
8) This was a sponsored report with no input on revenue, shipment details, or feedback from VMware.
fonte:MikeDiPterillo.com

Nel punto 8 Mike fa una affermazione forte: "(...) this was a sponsored report (...)".

E' sempre comunque buona norma prendere con le dovute cautele le varie Analisi che societa' di consulenza forniscono su: trend, market share, Emerging Technology ecc..

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