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That's it, I quit. Can I work for MDN?

What an idiot

the guy's a dupe. The enderle dupe, yeah that's it

I'll say it again. HOW DOES THIS GUY KEEP HIS JOB?!?!?!

He is ALWAYS wrong. It's OK to be wrong when making predictions, BUT nearly all of his articles about Apple and the Macintosh platform contain serious factual errors.

What a blow-hard buffoon.

there's got to be an earthquake joke in here somewhere ...

Enderle and the "Studies" he used? What studies?

He must have looked into his bowl of alpha bits and the words Apple and Osborne seemed to float together. There is an article in there, he thought.

Comical Rob E. strikes again! Apparently his clients never check to see if his predictions come true, otherwise he and his wife would be unemployed. None of us are surprised by this, but that's because we remember that he made statements such as "iMacs are unsafe because they could fall over in a earthquake and the glass in the screen might break", and "Microsoft wrote the original Mac OS, and they've helped Apple write OS X."

On an off note, MDN, why does your "Rope the Bull" ad keep launching a new tab while I'm typing? It's happened three times so far today and getting really annoying.

I think it always ensures a big publicity to predict the death or at least a serious illness of Apple.

Too bad this is not reality.

Enderle doesn't want to be right. The absolute fastest way to establish a site is to say something negativew about Apple/Macintosh. The legends of Mac faithful can't resist bashing someone that doesn't like their baby.

Enderle got the hits to his site he wanted, and is able to raise more advertising dollars as a result.

As an analyst, Enderle is a whore, more interested in promoting his site, than his service. People looking for insightful analysis won't go near him. He is just too consistently wrong.

Take a lesson from George Costanza and do (or think) the opposite of whatever this chump says.

The iPod "halo" is doing a good job. Even Apple's CFO acknowledged a "pause" in Mac sales leading up to Macworld and anticipation of new Intel Macs. From a logical standpoint, Enderle's probably right (there's a bad taste growing in my mouth just saying that, as if I were chewing on a handful of gummy bears and someone told me they were really just grape flavored mountain oysters) that sales of PPC Macs would soften while Apple transitions to Intel Macs. That part makes sense, and we've probably seen some of that already. Apple knows this, too, so they're pushing fast and hard to get more Intel Macs in the pipeline and bring out other models. I think Apple is gutsy to go with their first Intel Macs in two of their better selling models. Opting for Intel Core Duo to start the line up bodes well for the future. Look for that "quad" CPU PowerMac replacement down the road. Woo hoo.

Tera Patricks
Mac360

Why folks would pay attention or give serious consideration to anything Enderle has to say at all just escapes me. I can't imagine what his client list must look like (if he has one), but I'd venture to guess that they simply like to throw money away.

So, here's my public service announcement. For all of you who are interested in hiring Rob Enderle (or his wife) as a consultant on anything, save yourself the time you would otherwise spend making an appointment, traveling to meet him/her, and actually consulting with them - and do this instead: take a pile of money and throw it in the trash.

Doing that is merely a metaphor for meeting with this con-artist in the first place.

TechNewsWorld should drop Enderle like a rock.

MW: "needed," as in "Enderle is needed like another hole in the head."

If this doesn't clearly prove once and for all that he is a clueless dolt, I don't know what else does. Why ANYONE listens to anything he has to say about the industry is truly a mystery.

Devil's Advocate:

Maybe he isn't in much danger of losing his "job" if his actual job is to spread FUD. Perhaps his job is quite lucrative.

I pledge to only refer to him as the "Fudmeister" (tm) and his "group" as the "Fudmeister Group, LLC"

Apple's stock today is sucking the Meat Hammer

he gets a fat check from Microsoft. They know people will lap up deception if it helps them not question the status quo.

MW = wife. Really!

C'mon. Enderle's worth a good laugh in Redmond 'cause when he leaves after a long visit, Gates & Ballmer both have big grins on their faces and stains on the conference room rug.

My word "Fiscal" as in no fiscal sense..

Enderle gets work because he's always good for a quote when "journalists" write "tech" articles and are too lazy to do their own research. I said it before and I'll say it again: he's con artist. Yeah he was wrong, but why should he care? You don't think the "journalists" who pay him for his blather actually check his record, do you? No, as long as he "gives good quote", that's all they care about.

Per his bio he is a Member, Industry
Advisory Council, for the following:
Trusted Computing Group, IBM, AMD, HP, Dell Computer, Toshiba US, Clear Cube.

My guess is that he probes the support forums.

He/ the Enderle Group is quoted all over thier press releases seems like he has a vested interest in Apple not being a high flyer

Hey, Xp:

If you believe Apple stock is in serious trouble for the long haul, call your broker IMMEDIATELY and sell short, man. Put your money where your mouth is!

FACT: One year ago today MSFT was selling at $25.75 or thereabouts. Today it is selling for $27.10. Five years ago today it was selling a little over $30. WOW! Is that long-term growth or what?

FACT: One year ago today AAPL was selling at $35.00, approximately. Today it is selling for $79.00+. Five years ago today it was selling for about $11.00 a share.

The truth is that the future is ALL Apple, and NOW is the time for you to remove the meat hammer from your mouth and get on board QUICK!

hey Cubert

being wrong 100% of the time is terrific... anyone asking for your prediction can take the exact opposite and know they will have it right. It's those analysts who get it right HALF the time that are useless

There are no such [demand] "surveys of financial firms following Apple".

AND he didn't say "demand WILL drop like a rock" rather he said "demand IS dropping like a rock" which is CURRENT therefore measured my sales, not surveys of future buying intent. Yet sales of always maintained an upward trend.

The guy is either a criminal or, I suspect, criminally stupid.

We should charge him, but we'd need to get a new federal law through first.

The local news radio station here in Chicago (WBBM-AM) often has Enderle as a guest analyst on the noon business show. He probally gets paid for these segments. He isn't only wrong about Apple but seems to get just about everything computer related wrong in my opinion. Must be nice to have a great paying gig and be a moron at the same time.

Enderle wrong? When was he right?

MicroCrap and Windoze users probably love him. Probably the only ones who do

A few days ago I here quoted Mr. Enderle to have said 'iPod sales are falling like a rock'. I was wrong. What he really said is 'demand for Apple's existing products is dropping like a rock'. I am sorry I messed it up. All because I NEVER CHECKED THE SOURCES before writing.

By the way, the Enderle Group has a very impressive motto:INTEGRITY, CREDIBILITY, PERSPECTIVE, INTELLIGENCE.
http://www.enderlegroup.com/
Cheers.

Common, this is all a scam by this guy to get hits on his site to keep up the ad revenue and whatnot. If he is half as intelligent as he likes people to think he is, he would have figured this much out.

Still, it's got to irk him to some degree to absolutely lie outright about stuff that in the end makes him look like an moron. In other words he is a Microsoft whore.

Rob is a joke and knows nothing about Apple's business. Why anyone would take his stuff seriously is beyond me.

Rob is a market guy not a tech guy.

He markets by spreading good BS about his clients and bad BS about his clients competition.

He does not work for Apple. Anything he says about Apple is suspect.

Fudmeister is a good descriptive name for him.

so,

if mr. Enderle is having sex with his wife (shudder), will that qualify as "group sex" then?



(MW: act)

Nobody is completely wrong.

That means there must be some people out there who are suffering bereavement due to loved ones having been killed by iMacs toppling over in earthquakes.

Rather than making cynical jokes, I suggest we show more respect for their suffering.

Perhaps we could organize a collection!

Typo: It's "no matter how you look at it" - not "now matter...." Maybe you got mixed up with "now that I look at it" in your mind.

Ahh, age ... it sneaks up on you, eh?

MW: "nuclear." If y'can't even pronounce it, you should keep your fingers nowhere near the button lest we arrive at the Enderle world.

Oh. My. God. Enderle. Was. Wrong? Gasp!