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Citrix is updating its decades-old relationship with Microsoft, targeting Windows 10 and the cloud. The company has announced its acquisition of Unidesk – founded in 2007 and inventor of what it calls layering - to streamline corporate rollouts of virtual Windows applications at scale. Layering is a container that wraps up …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Shitrix

    Has this company ever produced anything that isn't crap? (Like their webinar meeting apps...)

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      Re: Shitrix

      XenServer is actually really nice!

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      Re: Shitrix

      Yes. Xenapp/Xendesktop and Netscaler. Until VMWare Horizon came along, Xenapp was the only realistic solution for deploying large terminal server solutions and Horizon is still far from matching the feature set of Xenapp. ICA/HDX/Whatever it is called today is still the best remoting protocol.

      The Goto range wasn't produced by them. It was something they bought in and have now spun off as not core business.

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      1. GortonSM
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        Both XenServer and Netscaler were bought-in, not originating from Citrix.

        Initially, WinFrame/WinView aka "Citrix" was a great, groundbreaking product.

        After which they were forced into bed (at gun point) with M$ and the company atrophied ....

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        1. The Average Joe
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          Re: Shitrix..

          Well I had the privilege to be one of the few that purchased South Beach 1.5 Beta and used it in production. We ran a DOS Clipper database app as well as AutoCAD on that OS. It was rough but better than installing Windows on xx physical desktops.

          Today I have yet to see any VDI protocol that is better at delivering high performance CAD and Video apps than PCoIP from VMware... scary stuff with a HP Thin Client running Linux. LOL

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