Randall C. Kennedy
Randall C Kennedy is director of research and cofounder of Competitive Systems Analysis, an IT consulting company. He was a former systems analyst for Giga Information Group[citation needed]. Kennedy was a contributor for InfoWorld, focusing on Windows, Microsoft and other topics, but was dismissed on February 21, 2010. In his announcement of the dismissal, InfoWorld editor-in-chief, Eric Knorr, stated that Kennedy had been dismissed for violating InfoWorld's policies of "integrity and honesty", and for "breach of trust".[1]
Kennedy discovered an undocumented change in the protocol used by the Microsoft SQL Server Net-Lib component from named pipes to TCP/IP in Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6 that was fixed in the subsequent version 2.7).[citation needed] He also saw curious benchmark results when comparing performance of SQL Server on Windows NT 4 versus Windows 2000 but was prevented from publishing in Network World once Microsoft threatened legal action for his violation of the SQL Server software licence agreement.[citation needed]
[edit] InfoWorld Dismissal
Kennedy was dismissed from InfoWorld on 19 February 2010[citation needed] for 'misrepresenting himself to other media organisations as Craig Barth CTO of Devil Mountain Software (aka exo.performance.network) in interviews for a number of stories regarding Windows and other Microsoft software topics' as Eric Knorr of InfoWorld explained 21 February. Knorr also explained that Devil Mountain Software 'is a Randall Kennedy business that specialises in the analysis of Windows performance data. There is no Craig Barth and Kennedy has stated this fabrication was a misguided effort to separate himself (or more accurately his InfoWorld blogger persona) from his Devil Mountain Software business'.[2]
Kennedy now insists he was not sacked, that InfoWorld were trying to save the situation, that he on his own decided to resign, and that he is having a good time on his island home on Mauritius.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.infoworld.com/t/business/unfortunate-ending-357
- ^ Peter Bright (22 February 2010). "Windows 7 "memory hog" story takes turn towards the strange". http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/windows-7-memory-hog-story-takes-turn-towards-the-strange.ars. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ Randall C Kennedy (21 February 2010). "RCK Speaks". http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=75498&messageID=1468379. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
[edit] Further reading
- Foster, Ed (2001) Is it OK for Microsoft and others to forbid disclosure of benchmark results?
- Fontana, Joe (5 March 2001) Microsoft gets tough with independent testers Network World.
- Kennedy, Randall C (21 November 2001) It's not a bug, it's a feature InfoWorld.
- Knorr, Eric (21 February 2010) "An unfortunate ending" InfoWorld.
- Why we don't trust Devil Mountain Software (and neither should you) ZDNet
- Insane blogger fools reporter, gets fired
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