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____/ Doug Mentohl on Tuesday 24 February 2009 13:14 : \____
> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>
> “I make the further prediction that Citrix will stop developing
> XenServer altogether since it is not needed to make XenApp work. This
> will signal the eventual end of XEN. You really have to applaud
> Microsoft’s Server group here: XEN could have been a serious competitor
> to them, but instead it ended up being a partner and technology provider.
>
> Now, when the difficult economic climate could have created considerable
> opportunities for the open source XEN offering, it is instead largely
> out of the picture due to its relationship with Citrix, and by extension
> with Microsoft.”
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=726
I saw this coming shortly after the deal.
Former Microsoft employees (Ignition Partners) put money in Xen.
A crony was put in charge of Xen.
Xen sold out to Citrix.
Microsoft took Xen from Citrix.
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~~ Best of wishes
Microsoft loves competition.
"I’d be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it
Friday afternoon but not Saturday. I could do it pretty much any time the
following week."
--Brad Silverberg, Microsoft
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