Crap Factoid

Crap Factoids

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2009-02-08 08:43

The IT Skeptic introduced the concept of Crap Factoids. Crap Factoids are pure bull-excrement that almost sound like a fact, and will be presented so often that everyone will think it true. The worst perpetrators of Crap Factoids are analysts (closely followed by vendors and consulting firms). Crap factoids often originate from rubbish "research" or "surveys" which are fun to ridicule... so we do.

A list of all Crap Factoids is here

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Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2008-03-03 22:20

Chokey the Chimp is the public spokesman for The IT Skeptic's Crap Factoid Early Warning Service.

A special case crap factoid: the survey that doesn't exist

Submitted by skeptic on Wed, 2011-07-13 10:57

Chokey the Chimp has challenged two Axios survey "results" in the past as being crap factoids but I think we have a special case here: I don't believe any of the Axios surveys are real.

EasyVista HIGH danger Crap Factoid alert

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2010-11-30 03:09

Chokey the Chimp issues a HIGH Crap Factoid danger alert for the EasyVista claim of "a stunning 271 percent ROI over three years with payback within 12 months ". Stunning indeed.

The ITIL Experience is subjective

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2010-11-02 19:42

A while ago on LinkedIn I had this old chestnut quoted at me, so I thought I'd roast it: the Hornbill/HDI/Bruton survey "The ITIL Experience".

BMC are at the old bait and switch again over CMDB

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2010-07-30 05:55

Chokey chokes! Chokey the Chimp hasn't seen such a pile of Crap in a long time. Take a look at this classic piece of vendor double-talk. Tell them the joys of owning a MacLaren F1, then describe the value your Mum derived from buying a new Daihatsu to get to the shops. Yours for only a million dollars! In fact this article isn't even describing a MacLaren: it is describing a Jetsons air-car with virtual hyperdrive.

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