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A comment on Ask HN: Why and how is Gartner Inc. still relevant?.

Re:Ask HN: Why and how is Gartner Inc. still relevant? by mathattack on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:06AM (#18503183)
If you’re purchasing or renegotiating something for the first time on a large scale (say a monitoring tool or key—value database) a 30 minute call with one of their analysts can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars. They add an enormous sales team on top of that.
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Re:Ask HN: Why and how is Gartner Inc. still relevant? by techpop10 on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:23AM (#18503765)
Nonsense. Most Gartner analysts have never touched the tools they write about. The interview a small set of users to draw broad conclusions. Overpaid journalists at best.
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Re:Ask HN: Why and how is Gartner Inc. still relevant? by mathattack on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:55AM (#18504024)
The writing is weak, but if you want to buy a product with opaque pricing, they know what people are paying for it.
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