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VMware CEO Mumbles, Citrix Shouts

Apparently, Paul Maritz's keynote did little to answer the big questions surrounding VMware. Really, Maritz giving a keynote and not mentioning Microsoft, executive departures or the company's over-a-cliff stock price is a little like ESPN doing a review of the year 2008 in sports and not mentioning the Olympics.

Meanwhile, still in Vegas, still at VMworld, Citrix busted out with the announcement of XenServer 5.

Posted by Lee Pender on September 17, 2008


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