Comments on: Easier than quantum mechanics http://andyonsoftware.com/2006/01/easier-than-quantum-mechanics/ Andy Hayler, founder of Kalido and The Information Difference, gives his views on the enterprise software market. Issues covered include data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence and data quality. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:22:13 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andy Hayler http://andyonsoftware.com/2006/01/easier-than-quantum-mechanics/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Andy Hayler Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:18:00 +0000 http://andyonsoftware.com/?p=62#comment-37 Indeed! I do worry sometimes about the accuracy of a lot of the surveys which are reported on. I recall being at a Gartner conference once and there was a quite long and involved survey about company IT spending and budgets, which if you submitted got you a prize draw ticket and some other minor incentive. I recall filling out of these next to another attendee, and commenting to him "I'm not sure I know all the precise budget splits", to which I got the comforting reply: "hey, just make it up like the rest of us are doing; I want to win that prize." Indeed! I do worry sometimes about the accuracy of a lot of the surveys which are reported on. I recall being at a Gartner conference once and there was a quite long and involved survey about company IT spending and budgets, which if you submitted got you a prize draw ticket and some other minor incentive. I recall filling out of these next to another attendee, and commenting to him “I’m not sure I know all the precise budget splits”, to which I got the comforting reply: “hey, just make it up like the rest of us are doing; I want to win that prize.”

]]> By: Tim http://andyonsoftware.com/2006/01/easier-than-quantum-mechanics/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Tim Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:21:00 +0000 http://andyonsoftware.com/?p=62#comment-36 Hi Andy Enjoy your blog. I wonder how much time the customers actually sank into "detailing their IT environment, business intelligence strategy and business processes" for the purposes of the survey. Obviously it generated enough detail to produce this remarkable insight! Cheers, Tim Graham Hi Andy

Enjoy your blog.

I wonder how much time the customers actually sank into “detailing their IT environment, business intelligence strategy and business processes” for the purposes of the survey.

Obviously it generated enough detail to produce this remarkable insight!

Cheers,
Tim Graham

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