VMWare should create a Citrix alternative and give it away for free. Then things will get interesting. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Andrew Wood <andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But essentially its free *now* isn't it – its free for servers if you're not > going to do any management on them? > > > > The hypervisor component is a mere bagatelle imo .. all the major players > are looking to support the same image type – its essentially 'all cars run > on petrol' –it's the management of the virtual services, the feeding and the > watering of them for enterprise solutions – that's where the development and > license cost is going to go ... as well as services obviously. > > > > > > > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Greg Reese > Sent: 20 February 2009 12:39 > To: Thin > > Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix to give away XenServer FREE > > > > Microsoft is going to love watching a price war. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 20, 2009, at 1:47 AM, Berny Stapleton <berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > 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] On Behalf > Of Jan > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:24 PM > To: 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> wrote: > > > > Error! Filename not specified. > > Free XenServer virtualization hypervisor helps Citrix, partners say > > Error! Filename not specified. > > By Colin Steele, Site Editor > 19 Feb 2009 | SearchSystemsChannel.com > > > > > > > > The server virtualization hypervisor wars are heating up. Citrix plans to > give away XenServer 5 -- 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 > > > > ************************************************ For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: //www.freelists.org/list/thin Follow ThinList on Twitter http://twitter.com/thinlist Thin List discussion is now available in blog format at: http://thinmaillist.blogspot.com Thinlist MOBILE Feed http://thinlist.net/mobile ************************************************