I heard that Citrix's alignment with MS was to push App-V as an app virtualisation solution, and in return Microsoft would push XenDesktop as the VDI leader.
Depends where you get your scuttlebutt I suppose! But I can say that Citrix are a lot more receptive to App-V than they were, even though they have their own solution in this area (Citrix App Streaming) On 13 July 2011 16:23, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I realize my statement was off the cuff and normally that is not like me, > but I wanted to get just the reaction that I did. > > I've been hearing tales for serveral months that Citrix's recent alignment > with Microsoft (over the last 6-10 months) is directly related to their > efforts to phase out XenServer as a HyperVisor and continue advancement of > HyperV. The argument has been that Microsoft has a better HyperVisor and > Citrix has much better management tools. It's hard to argue that from a > capability standpoint, neither Microsoft or Citrix could really compete with > VMWare. Their market play has traditionally been that of a value > proposition. Given VMWare's dominance in the market, it wouldn't be > surprising if MS and Citrix teamed up. Citrix has a much better product in > XenDesktop compared to View and Citrix has traditionally been an app > presentation solution provider. I would expect them to focus in that arena > while continuing to leverage their management tools with MS HyperV for > server virtualization. > > I'm not claiming to have any insider information and I fully appreciate > your position as a CTP. I would love to hear the other side of the story > because to be quite honest, I haven't heard any rebuttals to the "rumors" > above in our small IT circle up north. I honestly have nothing against > Citrix. We have a 200+ Server XenApp 5 farm where I'm employed. > > - Sean > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> “XenServer will be dead soon”**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Dude that is a boatload of crap! **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Do you realize that the vast majority of public cloud providers run on >> either the free or paid for XenServer or the free Xen hypervisor? One >> Canadian cloud provider has over 12,000 XenServer hosts. Now that Citrix >> has bought cloud.com, the Xen open source project and the Citrix >> XenServer (free and paid) product are not going away.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Carl Webster**** >> >> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional**** >> >> http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> (check out the >> changes coming to my website)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Subject:* Re: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes**** >> >> ** ** >> >> XenServer will be dead soon. 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