[THIN] Re: Network World Article: Desktop Virtualization Vista's Secret Weapon
- From: "Jason Patten" <jasoncitrix@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:35:10 -0400
Hmmm sounds like you could run a really small linux OS with a browser and a
citrix client and get what you want
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Really? I'm still not convinced that virtualizing a bloated OS and somehow
> sending it to the desktop is a solution. When you think about it, the only
> thing the OS really does is allow applications to run and devices to be
> connected. XenApp, RemoteApps, SVSApp or whatever are still in my mind the
> way to go and really what companies should continue to focus on. If all of
> your data is in the datacenter or the "cloud" (see mesh) you only need a way
> to access it or the program that opens or runs it be it a browser or a
> doohicky. Drivers for local devices like printers can also certainly reside
> on the network. We have been using Citrix for 11 years at our organization
> with a dumbed down desktop and the ONLY reason we need local desktops is
> that plugins and things like Java just simply don't play nice within it.
> All or our apps are remote except for the browser which needs pdfviewer,
> flash, java, etc etc in order to be usable.
>
> So I would go with VDI if there was a small footprint OS that gave me a
> "simple" slim desktop (browser with java, pdf etc) and that is it. Sending
> XP, Vista, 7 etc image over a network even just to a Citrix server is simply
> crazy.
>
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060508-desktop-virtualization-vistas-secret.html
>
>
> --
> Jim Kenzig
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Presentation and Hosted Desktop
> Virtualization
> Citrix Technology Professional
> Blog: http://www.techblink.com
>
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