<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">OMG, I got the most ridiculous responses ever from a Gartner analyst today...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I asked for comments for a story I am working on. I asked for his thoughts on the vendor's expanded product offering and what it might offer to the channel and customers. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here is this guy's response...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal">"My apologies at not being able to assist.  Gartner analysts do not make public comments regarding any specific vendor’s products, services, or other offerings.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Gartner Copyright and Quote policy - <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/about/policies/copyright" target="_blank">https://www.gartner.com/en/about/policies/copyright</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Company-specific quote FAQ<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://emtemp.gcom.cloud/ngw/globalassets/en/about/documents/Why_1e.pdf" target="_blank">https://emtemp.gcom.cloud/ngw/globalassets/en/about/documents/Why_1e.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>"</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">WTF?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wrote back...</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Hi Mark, </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Thanks for your note.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">However, I have been talking to Gartner analysts for 19 years as a tech journalist and they always share their thoughts on technologies, trends, companies and products with me.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Christy Pettey and her team connect me with analysts regularly.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I don't even know what to say.  :)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Todd </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Anyone else get a similar reply lately?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I have no idea what he's talking about.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Ugh.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Yours,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Todd </div><div class="gmail_default"> </div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Todd R. Weiss</span><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:XfinityStandard-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Courier New"">Technology Journalist</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:XfinityStandard-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Courier New""><br></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:XfinityStandard-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Courier New"">Contributor:</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:XfinityStandard-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://www.channelfutures.com/" target="_blank">www.ChannelFutures.com</a></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:XfinityStandard-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.ChannelPartnersOnline.com" style="font-family:"Courier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