[Ipg-smz] Magazine Article - Dilbert Comic Strip on 2019-12-26 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

[Sharon Fisher]

I worked for Gartner. That's not correct.

On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 8:04 AM Tom Henderson via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

> Whether Gartner, the American Heart Association, or JD Powers, it's pay
> for play. There is no way, unless the process is completely exposed, to
> ascertain a correlation between pay and win--> but I assure you, there's a
> link as strong as f(x).
>
> The Magic Quadrant racket is especially galling and subjective, and if
> you're not paying Gartner to understand your organization, then you're
> unlikely to have much movement. Only very rarely will a non-payer move in a
> quadrant.
>
> And therefore, the veracity of all three herein mentioned aren't worth
> doodley.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 12/28/19 1:01 AM, Barbara Krasnoff via Ipg-smz wrote:
>
> Sorry, I may be missing something here, but I can't immediately see what's
> wrong with charging a fee to use the JD Power name for advertising purposes
> after you've won an award as long as that doesn't affect the actual
> judging.
>
> --
> Barbara Krasnoff
> bkrasnoff at gmail.com
> http://www.brooklynwriter.com
>
> Author of "The History of Soul 2065."
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 6:22 PM Gabe Goldberg via Ipg-smz <
> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>
>> Today's D and a friend's response:
>>
>> https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-12-27
>>
>>
>> https://m.sfgate.com/business/article/J-D-Power-cozy-with-winners-2620609.php
>>
>> "The companies evaluated by J.D. Power in fact pay the firm to use its
>> name in their ads, and a hefty amount of cash is said to be changing
>> hands."
>>
>> On 12/26/2019 12:30 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:
>> > https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-12-26
>> >
>> > I'm shocked ... just shocked ... by this implication.
>> >
>> --
>> Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc.       gabe at gabegold.com
>> 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042           (703) 204-0433
>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold            Twitter: GabeG0
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ipg-smz mailing list
>> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
>> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>>
>
> --
> Tom Henderson
> ExtremeLabs, Inc.
> +1 317 250 4646
> Twitter: @extremelabs
> Skype: extremelabsinc
>
> --
> Ipg-smz mailing list
> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://netpress.org/pipermail/ipg-smz_netpress.org/attachments/20191229/2c162064/attachment.html>