Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg | |
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| Known for | technology journalist and blogger |
| Website | Michael Gartenberg Blog |
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee,[1] and was previously a Research Director at Gartner,[2] focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer.
Work
After a 10-year absence, Gartenberg re-joined Gartner in 2010.[3] He previously worked as a partner at Altimeter Group,[4] as Vice President of Strategy and Analysis at Interpret, LLC,[5] and as a vice president at Jupiter Research.
Gartenberg had an aborted employment with Microsoft.[6] He was hired in February 2007 with the job title "Enthusiast Evangelist" to publicize Windows Vista [6][7][8] but left after three weeks in March 2007, returning to his former job at Jupiter Research.[9]
Gartenberg also contributes to many media outlets. He has monthly online columns in Computerworld[10] and Macworld and a weekly online column on Engadget. He previously wrote a weekly column for SlashGear.[11]
In October 2007, regarding a potential Microsoft Windows competitor, Linux, he wrote "Linux still doesn't make it on desktop.... For now and the foreseeable future, it's going to remain a Microsoft world. Linux still isn't the answer."[12] Gartenberg repeated the claim in an opinion piece published in March 2010, wherein he denied that use of a free operating system significantly reduces cost of computer ownership.[13]
In July 2009, Google announced the development of an operating system for netbooks, Chrome OS, due for release in late 2010. Gartenberg opined "Chrome OS is not a threat to Windows.... By creating of lot of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt this morning... they hope to take the attention and luster off of [Microsoft] Windows 7"[14] and "... history doesn't run in favour of Chrome OS's principles".[15]
References
- ^ Longtime Tech Industry Analyst Michael Gartenberg Joins Apple, forbes.com, May 22 2013
- ^ Michael Gartenberg, Mar 22, 2010
- ^ Gartenberg bio at Gartner.com
- ^ Who Is Michael Gartenberg?, altimetergroup.com, 12 May 2009
- ^ Who Is Michael Gartenberg?, gartenblog.net, 12 May 2009
- ^ a b Microsoft Hires Michael Gartenberg as New Evangelist, Feb 15, 2007
- ^ Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst, March 7, 2007
- ^ Michael Gartenberg. Microsoft’s 801st evangelist, Feb 15, 2007
- ^ "Gartenberg Quits Microsoft, Returns to Jupiter"
- ^ Columnists Michael Gartenberg, 12 May 2009
- ^ Michael Gartenberg Weekly Column on SlashGear, 08 July 2009
- ^ Linux Still Doesn't Make it On Desktop, Gartenberg, Oct 01, 2007
- ^ "Linux struggles to make a dent in desktop". Computerworld UK. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ^ Chrome OS is not a threat to Windows, Gartenberg, July 08, 2009
- ^ Google's new platform Chrome aims to show Microsoft's Windows the door, Guardian, July 08, 2009