tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post2554531053453183865..comments2008-07-29T10:16:04.999+10:00Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620054411151781462noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post-82100615380069862902008-07-29T10:16:00.000+10:002008-07-29T10:16:00.000+10:00James, now there's an idea!Ian Yiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620054411151781462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post-59714580844759795252008-07-28T03:22:00.000+10:002008-07-28T03:22:00.000+10:00Maybe all of us could do a skit on analyst coverage of this space?James McGovernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192703428650911093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post-70666326915114847572008-07-24T08:44:00.000+10:002008-07-24T08:44:00.000+10:00Thanks all. I certainly didn't expect a reaction because I didn't make fun of someone.<BR/><BR/>All I can say is, Matt F my production people tell me they tried to get you but your stock went sky high after Act I thanks to your award winning performance and we couldn't afford to have you in the sequel...so we replaced you :-)<BR/><BR/>Now let's get those whiteboards out. And who's buying the booze? Oh hang on, I'm on the wrong frigging Continent. Web meeting anyone?Ian Yiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620054411151781462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post-39346423879673374262008-07-24T02:24:00.000+10:002008-07-24T02:24:00.000+10:00Matt F, I think they must have cut out the scene at the end of act I where you were impaled by a light sabre. Clearly you'll be back as a "ghost" in episode III...like Yoda.<BR/><BR/>I read this on my phone last night and started laughing. Tried to explain why to my wife and I think it just validated her opinion that I'm nuts.<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely looking forward to Digital ID World this year. Expect to see a few of you and will need to buy a few drinks after all this. :-)Clayton Donleyhttp://blogs.oracle.com/clayton/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post-72648112909687595022008-07-24T00:22:00.000+10:002008-07-24T00:22:00.000+10:00Ian, you bring just the right viewpoint to this. As Matt F said in his comment, we'd all have a good discussion about all of this and would probably come up with a general consensus and probably even an excellent model for the uses of directories, metadirectories and virtual directories that even Gartner would approve of! :)<BR/><BR/>All we'd need is a soundproofed room, a bit of booze and lots of whiteboards.Matt Pollicovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11479416427404291100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post-15813101220195912812008-07-23T23:43:00.000+10:002008-07-23T23:43:00.000+10:00Now, you've managed to offend at least one. I feel like an actor who wasn't invited back for the sequel ;)<BR/><BR/>Actually, I think if we were all in a room, there'd probably be a lot of agreement. Many of the comments seem to come from a particular perspective and if we exposed that perspective, we'd likely be in agreement.<BR/><BR/>e.g.) Some have said that AD is usually not an identity store, but that assumes a certain definition of what an identity store is. It's certainly an identity store in that it stores identity information. I agree that it's not commonly used as the centralized and consolidated enterprise IdM repository (when one is required). But that's not really the scenario I've been talking about.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks Ian for the additional entertainment.Matt Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09902381553517250020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930068.post-38688754501841795722008-07-23T14:20:00.000+10:002008-07-23T14:20:00.000+10:00Hilarious!<BR/><BR/>Clayton didn't pick up my "joke" about Gartner and CARML. James McGovern takes a number of jabs at analysts and Gartner and vendors wanting to impress them - I was playing up on that.<BR/><BR/>Awesome post, Ian.<BR/><BR/><BR/>...JacksonJackson Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014140177974348471noreply@blogger.com