Rob Enderle

"The most recent annoying survey is the one that predicts Windows 8 Tablets will fail because there is no demand for the product. Im sure a similar survey made a year before the iPhone or iPad would have likely concluded the same thing about those products."

"[The iPhone]s clearly going to start a wave towards a new technology — as I say, Im not convinced that Apples going to be able to ride this wave."

"Bernie Madoff, who was put in jail for losing $64B actually looks damn good against the Cooks near 5X bigger loss."

"2006, at least after August[s Vista release], will be great time for buyers and sellers of PC hardware and that has to be a good thing for everyone — except Apple."

"Given Steve Jobs, for instance, is critical to Apples success is there anything short of eating live babies on national TV that he should be fired for? Where would you draw that line or should he be held to the same rules and laws that the rest of us are held to?"

"Steve Jobs is the Ronald McDonald of Apple, he is the face."

"This will be a difficult year for Apple, and the iPhone could be more of a drag on earnings than a help. ... Apple is clearly not going away — but this year, compared to last, will be really nasty for the company."

"I asked the panel to list the companies that would certainly be around in the future — and those that wouldnt be. ... There was some disagreement about Oracle. Microsoft and Oracle said that Oracle would survive; Apache said it wouldnt. I also asked which companies would be dead. The panel agreed that it would be Apple, Sun and Novell."

"[Steve Jobs] is not somebody [who] any one of us would want watching our kids, but, in terms of running the company, hes excellent."

"Apple has recently done more with the tablet format with the iPod Touch and iPhone then any other vendor but the jury is still largely out on this format with challenging devices from RIM, Palm, and Google often showcasing that keyboards are necessary."

"I firmly believe that companies should be designed to be immortal. ... Dells future is bright largely due to the power of a founder who can think strategically and doesnt milk his company for personal gain. In the current environment that is a unique and powerful advantage."

"[T]he next generation of the Xbox game machine ... may even take out Apple, forcing the company to exit the PC business."