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0 pointstaway199207063y ago0 comments

Jeez, don't mention Gartner. If I see another $%&" "magic quadrant" in my life it'll be too soon.

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Well, this is possibly the only one thing they have down, IMO.

It’s a strategy. No products. No quadrants. Just a more reasonable way of looking at business IT and enterprise development.

It happens to mesh well with my experiences and it’s sometimes nice to be able to whack “Gartner” about in certain settings - especially when someone’s trying to get traction for a magic quadrant product! :)

And to be fair - this is a thread about SAP and ERP…

danrocks3y ago

I found it funny that even large companies seem to be thrilled when then get put in some quadrant by Gartner. I have no idea why.

ishjoh3y ago

It's a standard publication read by upper management at tons of large companies. Being in a quadrant is basically marketing to exactly the people you want to reach.

kingbirdy3y ago

Because there are many large companies who's entire purchasing procedure seems to be to select whoever's furthest in the top right of Gartner's quadrants

AtNightWeCode3y ago

What's the problem with Gartner? According to them we would be out of work and biz peps high on milky-way charts can accomplish anything with mouse clicks.

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