On Friday 02 April 2004 05:58 pm, Glenn wrote: > I was thinking this analyst company sounded familiar and then it occurred > to me that Forrester Research is the company who changed its policy about > sponsored research studies when they got caught last year, right? > > http://www.linux.org/news/2003/10/07/0004.html
Also the ones who refused to say that what they did was wrong, refused to admit after being publicly lambasted about selectively seeking data that their study was compromised, and said only that they would not accept paid studies for publication with their name attached, not that they wouldn't accept money for research. I think that they were more embarrassed by the fact that such a shoddy piece of work was publicly put out with their name on it than that they had transparently put handed over a piece of garbage study for pay. I wouldn't blindly trust a tobacco company scientist with one if his studies, even if he swore he wasn't getting paid for the study itself, I wouldn't blindly trust a government scientist who just happens to advocate greater government spending in his own area of research and I certainly wouldn't blindly trust an IT analyst firm who suggests that spending more money on software is a good bet. A harlot by any other name.... -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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