[kwlug disc.] speaking of vmware ...

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

I vaguely remember the details, but Wikipedia seem to have a good
overview.

They were never purchased by MSFT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrix_Systems#Microsoft_deal_and_early_relationship

On 8/19/07, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca> wrote:
>
> Are you sure?
>
> Or, how long ago are you talking?
>
> What 5, maybe 10 years ago, MS licensed (purchased?) some stuff from
> Citrix, which is why Terminal Server suddenly became significantly
> more viable when it did.
>
>         Not sure how far that extended, seems to me there was still a
> preference for Citrix when you want to make a group of particular apps
> available rather than entire Windows desktops.
>
>         On that one, it was MS doing the seeking, not the other way
> around. IIRC.
>
> Khalid Baheyeldin wrote, On 8/18/2007 4:37 PM:
> > On 8/18/07, *unsolicited* <unsolicited at swiz.ca
> > <mailto:unsolicited at swiz.ca>> wrote:
> >
> >     I thought Citrix got bought out by MS? Or something.
> >
> >
> > I don't know the full details, but they had an agreement with
> > MS to use some sort of remote protocol. Then MS soured up
> > on them and revoked a license or something like that, so they
> > became competitors.
> .
> .
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