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Analysts are an interesting breed. They are paid to give their opinion on what the future will hold for a particular company or industry. However, often times they don't know what they are talking about or don't know their subject matter well enough to get it right. Think of an analyst like the local TV weatherperson. They may know about the weather and how high pressure relates to low pressure, but with all their knowledge, they keep their job as long as they're entertaining, not whether the forecasts are completely accurate.

Today's analyst is Nicholas, I see Sunny Skies Ahead, Kolakowski. According to his bio:

Nicholas Kolakowski is a staff editor at eWEEK, covering Microsoft and other companies in the enterprise space, as well as evolving technology such as tablet PCs. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Playboy, WebMD, AARP the Magazine, AutoWeek, Washington City Paper, Trader Monthly, and Private Air. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Interestingly enough his subject is "Apple iPad Will Lose Tablet Dominance: Gold". Nicholas' bio reveals bio he spends his time in the enterprise space and covering Microsoft. So when he claims that the Apple iPad will lose its dominance, we can understand where he may stray a bit in his analysis.

Reading his piece you could insert "iPod/Music Industry" and "iPhone" everywhere you see the word iPad or tablet. You could then go back ten years and five years respectively insert these words into his article. However the results would be the same. He'd be wrong on all counts. The Zune is dead and Microsoft's mobile platform is currently five years behind Apple's. Now we read how Android will destroy Apple in the tablet space. To borrow a Microsoft line, "Really?!?" And let's not forget about Apple's iCloud. It's going to take Google & Co another year or two to catch up to that, and don't expect it to be as good or seamless as iCloud.

What's puzzling is how Mr. Kolakowski, who spends his time in corporate America, doesn't mention the impact of the iPad in that space. IT departments are not going to throw out Apple's platform for some new shiny toy that comes around. People who use the iPad like it, and aren't clamoring for something different. They like what they have because it just works. IT departments are built on the notion of "safe bets". And Apple's iPad is the safest bet in the tablet space because its very proven and again, just works — even in the corporate IT infrastructure.

While Mr. Kolakowski's article is entertaining, his bold prediction based on facts ( that didn't pan out when used to analyze the future of iPods or iPhones ), is like that of our favorite weather personality forecasting sunny weather ahead, when an iPad snow storm is blowing in.

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