As you might expect, Citrix never gives release dates. Sorry
Webster On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]>wrote: > Slight hijack - any idea what the official release date might be for 6.5? I > have been having a few issues with the stability of our Xen 6 farm and am > wondering if 6.5 might give me an opportunity to rebuild the whole thing to > a more robust level. > > Cheers, > > Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Webster" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Sat, 28 May 2011 22:54:48 -0500 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *RE: Xenapp 5.0 user freezing issue. > > XenApp 5 for Server 2003 32-bit is the most rock-stable product in the > Citrix product line-up. It will be in use long after both Citrix and > Microsoft drop support. > > XenApp 5 for Server 2008, both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, is the ugly > red-headed step child (my apologies to all you good looking red-headed > step-people on the list) of the XenApp product family. It should be taken > out behind the woodshed and put out of its pathetic misery. > > XenApp 6 is stable depending on your Microsoft and Citrix public and > private hotfixes installed and whether you have 2008 R2 SP1 installed. > > Since XenApp 6.5 is now in Tech Preview, I can talk about it. It is very > stable and requires 2008 R2 SP1. There are some very major changes coming > to the XenApp product line. You should download and play with this and read > the documentation. > > (You must now put on your read-between-the-lines reading glasses) > > It would be nice if Citrix made it easier to clone/image XenApp servers. > Especially automating the process of joining a XenApp farm. > > It would be nice if Citrix did away completely with the long-in-the-tooth > IMA architecture. > > It would be nice if Citrix made the XenApp product architecture more like > XenDesktop 5 SP1. > > It would be nice if Citrix finally released their very long in development > Universal Print Server. > > It would be nice if Citrix finally released their awesome multi-threaded > client software. > > It would be nice for the Linux folk if Citrix leveled the playing field for > the Windows and Linux clients. > > It would be nice if Citrix allowed you to display a Mac OS X desktop on any > device. > > Do not ask any questions about the above list. Those are just the wishes > of me personally. J > > That is enough teasing for now. You may now put back on your regular > glasses. > > Thanks > > > > Carl Webster > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional > > http://dabcc.com/Webster > > > > *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] > *Subject:* Re: Xenapp 5.0 user freezing issue. > > > > Would it be possible to try this on Windows 2008 R2? My XenApp 2008 R2 > servers rarely have problems, but 2003 (still have a few for enterprise > apps) is more troublesome. Also if you have SA for your MS Office, try 2010 > - it works great on XenApp. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
