Rob Enderle

Linux on the desktop faces some nasty realities in 2009, including a vastly improved Windows 7, an increasing use of the MacOS, and a broader move by Google with their proprietary Linux solution currently called Android. The most interesting product set to hit the market is Phoenix Technology’s Hyperspace, which, while based on Linux, is […]

I spent much of last week at EMC’s annual analyst event, and much of the breaking news this week appears to be on speculation surrounding Apple pulling out of MacWorld. The problem for Apple is the increasing belief that Steve Jobs will soon be departing the company. At Apple, quality appears to be driven largely […]

It is amazing how quickly things can change in a few short weeks.Several weeks ago I was thinking about changes in how PCs were being purchased that were driving Macs into the enterprise. This week a bunch of us are looking at Apple’s lines and wondering how badly the company is going to be hurting […]

Both Yahoo and the US are in a world of hurt and both chief executives are under a cloud of failure and soon to be replaced, albeit by different processes. President-elect Obama is starting very strongly and the process he takes will be public, allowing us to learn from what he does and perhaps apply […]

The current political climate is awash with the concept of change, with both parties in the U.S. having running on that platform (one, clearly, more successfully than the other). Typically people don’t like change, but when you scare the crap out of them – as will be done as the economic collapse removes one in […]

This week I’m in China as Dell’s guest. The reason is they want us to focus on this market where they are incredibly successful and not on the ailing US market where everyone is struggling. Here in China, according to Dell, the company does $23B in business which, when combined with related services and goods, […]

Here in the US frustration is running high because we can’t seem to get our elected representatives to do much more than blame each other for the mess the country – and increasingly the world – is in.But from crisis often comes great innovation, and during the latest presidential debate I heard one answer that […]

Apple clearly has a head start but Google has been focused on the enterprise for some time, granted with little to show for it. So which one of these guys is likely to first become something other than an annoyance to an IT manager? I think it will come down to four things: Who buys […]

If you’re like most people, you’re still scratching your head a little bit after seeing the second Microsoft-Seinfeld spot, with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld visiting some interesting people (the grandmother is classic) and talking about little that seems to have to do with Microsoft or Vista. You probably still don’t get what is actually […]

Part of what makes the iPhone special, other than its impressive number of problems this year, is the fact that it promises a near no compromise Web experience on a phone-sized device.(Granted, “phone size” seems to be drifting a bit larger these days.) The 2.0 iPhone has had an impressive start but seems to have […]