Umm, I think EMC still own part of them, but they were seperated and floated. > How come I get the feeling that VMWare is the next Novell! I hadn't thought about that, but everyone seems to be rallying around Xen, and if VMWare don't drop their price, it could well be a right thrashing for them. Berny 2009/2/20 Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx> > Vmware is still an emc company right? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:57 PM, "Steve Greenberg" <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Not a bad choice this week but after next week the rumors are strong > that not only is Citrix going to give away the hypervisor, but also the > Enterprise features such as Xen Motion and storage repositories. It will get > very interesting, very quickly if this really happens!! > > > > How come I get the feeling that VMWare is the next Novell!?!!?! J > > > > *Steve Greenberg* > > Thin Client Computing > > 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453 > > Scottsdale, AZ 85266 > > *(602) 432-8649* > > www.thinclient.net > > *steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx* > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] > *On Behalf Of *Jan > *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:24 PM > *To:* <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Citrix to give away XenServer FREE > > > > Wow... we recently bought VMware ESX for 7 servers. I'm wondering if that > was a bad fiscal choice in light of this. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Tim < <timothylanderson@xxxxxxxxx> > timothylanderson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > *Free XenServer virtualization hypervisor helps Citrix, partners say* > > By Colin Steele, Site Editor > 19 Feb 2009 | SearchSystemsChannel.com > > > > <http://rss.techtarget.com/482.xml> > > > > > > The server virtualization hypervisor wars are heating up. Citrix plans > to give away XenServer > 5<http://citrix.com/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=683148>-- its > Xen hypervisor, along with live migration, native Windows and Linux > support and other advanced features -- for free. > > Rest of article at.... > > > > <http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid99_gci1348572,00.html?track=NL-738&ad=690018&Offer=CHSYunsc219&asrc=EM_USC_5906881&uid=1857222> > http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid99_gci1348572,00.html?track=NL-738&ad=690018&Offer=CHSYunsc219&asrc=EM_USC_5906881&uid=1857222 > > > >