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Magic Quadrant? April 6, 2011  Tags: , , , ,  Gartner, a well-
known (at least here in the states) IT research and advisory
firm, had a pretty amusing April Fools joke.  They announced a
new magic quadrant which was literally focused on magic. (Thanks
to Xyd for sending me that link.)  But this got me thinking
about applying the Gartner Magic Quadrant idea to the MMO
industry.  Gartner divides up industries into grouping around
specific technologies or foci and then rates all of the players
in that industry based on two criteria: Ability to execute and
completeness of vision.  I would show you the chart for my
industry, IVR Systems and Enterprise Voice Portals, except that
it would cost me $2,000 to get a copy from Gartner and I am
pretty sure they wouldn’t let me just post it on the web.  But
making it onto the chart at all, especially if you are a smaller
company, is a big deal.  It means you are considered a player in
that market space and nee