Ah, Politics

So the news has been all about immigration. (In Australia anyway) Why, I'm not sure. Apparently we have a crises - 2000 people want to come into our country and aren't taking no for an answer. No, seriously. OK, sure, America has 22 million [1] 'illegal' immigrants - about the same as the population of Australia. But we have a smaller population! And if action isn't taken, why that number could increase to 4000! or even 10,000!

Please.

Why does Gartner exist?

Two articles I saw today:


Prediction:

Speaking of Apple, its share of the smartphone OS market will also grow - but only from 10.8 per cent to 13.7 per cent [in 2012], Gartner said. 

Observation:

The latest smart-phone numbers from Canalys show that Apple's gaining share like a bat out of hell. The company has gone from 2% global share to 14% share in a year. 

Looks like Gartner's numbers are a little out of date? I can't understand why newspapers keep quoting Gartner reports like they mean something - and why managers keep reading their reports. They are just so often wrong.