Dennis Howlett analyzes Gartner's analysis of the John Wookey news at Oracle. He points to the softball analysis. He does not modestly point out - it was released 12 days after bloggers like him broke the news.
Paul Kedrosky writes about a financial analyst - Shaumo Sadhukhan - and calls him the "happiest analyst in the world" for handing out attaboys to companies he analyzes. Blame him similarly for softball analysis - but don't blame him for being tardy.
He says the stuff right there on the earnings call -)
