John Gruber asks a similar question to what I have been asking for quite some time now: “Why does the IT Industry Continue to Listen to Gartner?”
Mr. Gruber’s post links to [this article from Ed Bott that explains a number of Gartner’s mistakes](http://www.zdnet.com/why-does-the-it-industry-continue-to-listen-to-gartner-7000001394/).