Xen may have become the de facto virtualization platform for Linux, but, ironically, don't expect to see Citrix applications running natively on Linux any time soon.
"It's market driven and we never got the uptake on Linux," Willis said. "Our focus for XenApp (formerly Presentation Server) is as a Windows application which we recommend customers run on bare metal for performance reasons."
Willis said Citrix has partnered with Microsoft to develop Linux extensions for its Hyper-V platform.
“Like XenSource, Microsoft along its ecosystem will have Novell used against other competitors like Red Hat and Canonical.”Ubuntu recently moved to KVM by the way, proving that it's good not to have all eggs in a single basket.
Amid these events recall our somewhat prophetic post: Choosing Novell for Your Business is Like Choosing XenSoft (sic)
Boycott Novell. Things will change for Novell as time goes by and it's not just because of Mono. Like XenSource, Microsoft along its ecosystem will have Novell used against other competitors like Red Hat and Canonical. ⬆
Update: see this response from Katherine Egbert. For a change, this time she may be right.
Shares of infrastructure technology developer Citrix Systems Inc. fell Tuesday after an analyst cut estimates on a virtualization software product, citing a delay in revenue recognition, among other factors.
The stock lost 81 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $33.48 in midday trading.
Jefferies & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert lowered her outlook on the XenSource line, saying it should take longer than initially expected to recognize revenue for original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and that an agreement with IBM will likely not come until later this year.
Comments
CHrisophorus
2008-02-27 18:04:44
Roy Schestowitz
2008-02-27 18:12:53
This reminds me of folks who want some kind of an authenticated document from Bill Gates to prove that Microsoft wants to kill Free software (or turn it to Fee software) .
Should we also question BayStar connections with Microsoft (which were only found out later, after compelling suspicions)?
CHrisophorus
2008-02-27 18:28:46
Lying never helped the truth triumph and aims never justified the means.
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
2008-02-27 18:34:11
What Roy is saying may be speculation, but so was Richard Stallman's "The Right to Read" until DRM came up.
So was "Microsoft is highjacking Open Source" until now they OFICIALLY DID.
When some people's speculations end up being true time after time, they become insight, rather than speculation.
You call it speculation. I call it insight. And BTW, I *did* comment about this eventuality when I heard of Citrix buying XenSource and commented so on a private mailing list. I wonder what some of the (then) critics think now...
CHrisophorus
2008-02-27 18:43:27
It is a completely different thing to draw up a scenario of what might be and c a l l it a scenario, or to speculate and market your speculations as the irrefutable truth.
Stallman is a visionary, Schestowitz does spiteful gutter paper sensationalism.
Roy Schestowitz
2008-02-27 19:03:18
I wrote about XenSource about 30 times here (with new external references that support my assertions) and hundreds of times elsewhere. I've watched them closely and I haven't a doubt about what's happening.
If you are not convinced, start here. You needn't even read anything I say. Just follow the links to articles from the mainstream press. You won't even need to join any dots. It's all too clear. At times it even comes right from the horse's (Citrix) mouth.It's quotes, it's documented and hopefully this understanding can be passed on to you.
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
2008-02-27 20:33:47