The MS SoftGrid team has added a blog entry describing how to use scripts within .OSD files to modify the behavior of the application launch.  They've also provided some basic examples of how one would use them.

Read the entire article at their blog here.

Shawn

Massimo has a great blog entry questioning whether or not Microsoft's Viridian hypervisor (coming slightly after Longhorn server) will have any effect of being able to knock vmware from it's dominence in the x86 virtualization market.  Also discussed is the impact of Xen in the x86 virtualization market.  I'm not going to attempt to summarize all of Massimo's points as I don't think I would do it the same justice.  It is a fantastic read though, and coming from a marketplace where everyone is always stating that Microsoft will bury Citrix, my personal .02 is that vmware will be in much the same boat (always staying one step ahead).

Shawn

Though I didn't find this weeks tips to be particularly interesting, they may be news to someone who is new to SoftGrid.  Hopefully the team will keep blogging new tips every week (that would be fantastic!)  Read this week's tips on their blog entry here.

Shawn

In a recent press announcement LanDesk (makers of systems management/electronic software distribution products) has noted that they are in partnership with Thinstall.  Apparently LanDesk is eager to not be the only one left out of the growing software virtualization market.  Either that or they just want to make clear to everyone that they've still got what it takes since being taken over by a company that makes KVMs.

Thanks to dabcc.com for the news.

Shawn