I don't suppose anyone has any insight as to how much Softricity is being bought for eh?? Anyone want to bet on the size of the deal? :-) _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas A. Brown Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:16 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Fwd: MS Softricity Breaking News - DABCC This is NOT the end of Softricity technology or products but the end of a company called Softricity. If everything is approved then Softricity becomes part of Microsoft. No it is not, "to get it out of the way" Microsoft is taking the entire company. Not just tabling it. This is actually a really good thing for everyone. Douglas A. Brown President and Chief Technology Officer Microsoft MVP, Windows Server DABCC, Inc. Phone: (954) 778-9558 Fax: (248) 479-0621 E-mail: <mailto:dbrown@xxxxxxxxx> dbrown@xxxxxxxxx Web: <http://www.dabcc.com/> http://www.dabcc.com _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Columna, Melvin Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:52 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Fwd: MS Softricity Breaking News - DABCC Someone here asked... Is this the end of Softtricity? Is Microsoft just buying Softtricity out... to get it out of the way of their upcoming virtualization server product line. I've seen Microsoft use the "If you can't beat 'em, buy em!" mentality. _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://kenzig.com Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:26 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Fwd: MS Softricity Breaking News - DABCC Its official! "Douglas A. Brown" <dbrown@dabcc-wrote: From: "Douglas A. Brown" <dbrown@> To: "jimkenz@@ Subject: Breaking News - DABCC Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 17:32:26 -0400 (Important! Do not reply to this email address. If you wish to reply, please email <mailto:dbrown@xxxxxxxxx> dbrown@xxxxxxxxx, Thanks!!) Hello All, This is not a newsletter but this is HUGE and I wanted to let you all know as soon as it was official. Microsoft Acquires Softricity Application Virtualization Company Will this Result in a Paradigm Shift in How We Manage and Deploy Applications in the Future? May 22, 2006, Today Microsoft announced they will buy application virtualization software provider Softricity. Softricity are the pioneers of the on-demand virtual application computing model for application management and deployment. For those of you new Softricity, their SoftGrid solution changes the paradigm of how applications are run and managed, through true virtualization of the application. Their solution allows for applications to be completely insulated from the operating system and from each other. Read the entire article and look in to the future of Windows with me. I also want to know what you think about this. Post your comments below the article and let's all discuss this. This is really huge!! http://www.dabcc.com/dabcc/webapplication/aspx/dabcc.content.aspx?intPKText= 1937 <http://www.dabcc.com/dabcc/webapplication/aspx/dabcc.content.aspx?intPKText =1937&intPKChannel=13> &intPKChannel=13 p.s. DO NOT reply to this email as i don't monitor this account. If you would like to email me then please do it directly, Jim Kenzig <mailto:web%20at%20kenzig.com> CEO The Kenzig Group http://www.kenzig.com <http://www.kenzig.com/> Sponsorships Available! <http://www.kenzig.com/217/227/index.html> Blog: http://www.techblink.com <http://www.techblink.com/> Terminal Services Downloads: http://www.thinhelp.com <http://www.thinhelp.com/> Windows Vista: http://www.VistaPop.com <http://www.vistapop.com/> Virtualization: http://www.virtualize-it.com <http://www.virtualize-it.com/> Games: http://www.stressedpuppy.com <http://www.stressedpuppy.com/>