Star Citrix to Provide Windows Virtualization on iPhone?
Linked by Adam S on Wed 18th Jun 2008 22:50 UTC
In the News Application virtualization veteran Citrix, who last year purchased Xensource, today announced their intention to deliver XenDesktop, based on their thin client technology, for the iPhone. While similar applications exist in the form of VNSea, Citrix is a major player in virtualization and this certainly bodes well for those who want to connect to remote devices via their iPhone. Citrix demo'ed their wifi-only application at the Citrix Application Delivery Conference in Australia this week.
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It's Not Virtualization
by tomcat on Wed 18th Jun 2008 23:42 UTC in reply to "Virtualization?"
tomcat
Member since:
2006-01-06

I guess virtualization is a lot stronger word than I would use for such technology... In any case, it's definitely misleading. Edit: Oh, it's worse than I thought: "demonstrate an Apple iPhone running Windows XP" - WTF? these people are cracked if they think Windows is "running" on the iPhone.


Agree. The title should be changed to say "Citrix to Provide Windows Desktop Remoting on iPhone". Which goes to show you: Tech reporters are teh suck.

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RE: It's Not Virtualization
by Adam S on Thu 19th Jun 2008 00:00 in reply to "It's Not Virtualization"
Adam S Member since:
2005-04-01

I hope you're not referring to us. Our newsbit reads correctly to me.

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RE[2]: It's Not Virtualization
by robcj on Thu 19th Jun 2008 02:58 in reply to "RE: It's Not Virtualization"
robcj Member since:
2007-10-11

Actually, I believe your title is inaccurate. There is no virtualization involved and there is no claim of virtualization in the original article.

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RE[2]: It's Not Virtualization
by l3v1 on Thu 19th Jun 2008 05:09 in reply to "RE: It's Not Virtualization"
l3v1 Member since:
2005-07-06

I hope you're not referring to us. Our newsbit reads correctly to me.


Nevertheless, propagating misleading titles is as much wrong as creating a misleading title. I'd say you should've added a "source claims" or even "misleadingly claims" note at least in the news' description.

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umccullough Member since:
2006-01-26

I hope you're not referring to us. Our newsbit reads correctly to me.


While you're subtle/dry method of questioning the reporting by ZDnet was not entirely lost on many of us... I guess not everyone can appreciate it ;)

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RE: It's Not Virtualization
by Soulbender on Thu 19th Jun 2008 05:55 in reply to "It's Not Virtualization"
Soulbender Member since:
2005-08-18

Those who cant do become tech reporters.

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RE: It's Not Virtualization
by mbpark on Thu 19th Jun 2008 19:59 in reply to "It's Not Virtualization"
mbpark Member since:
2005-11-17

Tomcat,

This shows you what happens when you buy a company and then rebrand your existing products around the name of the company you bought (Xen). We call it complete confusion.

They ported their RDP client, which is good news. Now if they can get it to work with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, the iPhone may become quite attractive as a small "road warrior" platform to get access to some of those corporate apps I need on the road.

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