[THIN] Re: Softricity
- From: "Michel Roth" <mrdizzz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:23:41 +0100
I agree wholeheartedly with Tim. What he says doesn't just apply for app.
virtualization or SBC but to a whole line of IT products:
"Most customers that have a specific need will choose the best solution.
*blank* always will do *blank* better than *blank*, *blank* will always do
remote users better than *blank*"
Regards,
Michel Roth
www.thincomputing.net
On 3/9/06, Jim Kerr <jim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Well done Tim. There will be demand for all of these products. Nobody
> has the answer for everything. It's like asking which is better. SMS,
> Altiris, Landesk etc... They all have their place and determining which one
> is the best depends on many many factors. What size is the organization,
> what are you trying to accomplish? blah blah blah... The same goes for
> Virtual PC and VMware. Their are reasons to pick one over the other. I
> have customers that use both and swear by both.
>
> Now for a serious question. Which is better, a PC or a MAC? :)
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Tim Mangan <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:54 PM
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Softricity
>
> I tried, but I can't stay out of this subject. Predictions:
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> 1) Longhorn will not make citrix irrelevant.
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> 2) There will be customers that choose native terminal services over
> citrix because longhorn is "good enough" considering $$
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> 3) Citrix will not make Softricity irrelevant.
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> 4) There will be customers that choose AIE and whatever citrix renames
> "Tarpon" into over softricity, because it is "good enough".
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> 5) Most customers that have a specific need will choose the best
> solution. Softricity always will do app virtualization better than citrix,
> citrix will always do remote users better than microsoft.
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> 6) Best of all, you don't really have to choose. You can still run
> softgrid using citrix on microsoft terminal servers. Even if they publicly
> feud.
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> tim
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