In some aspects Sergei is right (demand is for Windows so people will gravitate to the virtualization that is built in to Windows). But the thing HE should be worried about is demand for his product when hardware keeps getting faster and hardware emulation is now available in Windows. Parallels Virtuozzo is a fantastic technology but in reality it is probably more at risk here because end users don’t understand it and it doesn’t have the “full isolation” of hardware emulation. It is way more efficient to use, as is XenApp, but if perception is the concern then he needs to be more concerned about users ignoring that product than Citrix products!
Bottom line is that XEN is a great hypervisor and now it is clear that now one will be paying for it. But there is a large world of internal and commercial hosting on XEN that is only going to grow. Too bad Citrix won’t make money on it, but I think that is okay, it supports and helps sell their other products….
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From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:29 AM
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Subject: [THIN] Re: Article: Parallels' Serguei Beloussov speaks out on free XenServer
yeah, i agree. some pretty strange stuff floating around out there.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Jeremy Saunders <Jeremy.Saunders@datacom.com.au> wrote:
Some bizarre comments indeed. Everyone that’s blogged and commented on this has had some strong opinions. Some border on what could be ignorance, as hard as they try to put a positive spin on it for themselves.
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of gareese@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:38 PM
To: Thin
Subject: [THIN] Article: Parallels’ Serguei Beloussov speaks out on free XenServer
Interesting read regarding some reaction to the announcement of free XenServer yesterday.
from Zdnet:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=726
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