[gbhati]

i wonder if he still works in tech journalism!!

[markrickert]

That's the thing. These guys never go away. They keep getting paid to write flawed versions of the future that will never come to pass.

That's why I don't put any weight in anyone who has "analyst" or "tech journalist" in their credentials.

[bratsche]

His job is to write something that people will read. And here we are, five years later, reading what he wrote. It looks like he succeeded. :)

[jsm386]

On the flip side you have generally good, thoughtful, regularly accurate analysis/projections from Horace Dediu over at http://asymo.com.

And the 'Street vs. Amateurs' predictions are always interesting to watch: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/16/how-many-iphones-did-...

[bcrescimanno]

Don't forget that there's a whole segment of these guys who are basically paid to get it wrong--being the one guy who says, "this obvious winner is going to fail" attracts a lot of eyeballs.

Remember, being a pundit isn't about being correct; it's about getting people reading what you write.

[adrianonantua]

Also, in the remote case he gets to be right, he will get known as the wise told-you-so guy.

[chaud]

He is a financial journalist, not tech. He has a MarketWatch column now: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-bundesbank-will-stamp-o...

[corkill]

The best explanation I have heard for why analysts exist is because the market demands them. People want to read about this stuff so someone has to write it.