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Cloud Computing and Virtualization Company Citrix To Be Acquired for $16.5B**
Citrix, a cloud computing and virtualization company used by companies including Microsoft, Google, and SAP, has revealed plans to be acquired by affiliates of global investment firm Vista Equity Partners, and an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management called Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation. From a report: The all-cash deal i ... ⌘ Read more
@slashdot So I'm guessing this will mean less completion in the Hypervisor market now eh? 🤔 What/Who do we have left here...

- VMWare
- Xen
- Proxmox
- Opennode
- Openstack

How long before AWS/Microsoft/Google buy them all up and squish them?! 🤦‍♂️
@slashdot So I'm guessing this will mean less completion in the Hypervisor market now eh? 🤔 What/Who do we have left here...

- VMWare
- Xen
- Proxmox
- Opennode
- Openstack

How long before AWS/Microsoft/Google buy them all up and squish them?! 🤦‍♂️
Its weird to see a tech company be bought by an investment company. Like what is the motivation other than to milk it for investor profit?
Its weird to see a tech company be bought by an investment company. Like what is the motivation other than to milk it for investor profit?
@prologic I don't think this upcoming acquisition means they are killing the company, but the opposite. So, no less competition, but the same.
To be fair I didn't read into it -- But like @xuu I thought the acquisition was quite strange indeed 🤦‍♂️
To be fair I didn't read into it -- But like @xuu I thought the acquisition was quite strange indeed 🤦‍♂️