http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11030
--- Comment #11 from Anastasius Focht focht@gmx.net 2009-05-10 05:35:44 --- Hello,
--- quote --- How popular are Xenocoded apps? --- quote ---
Well I honestly don't know so I did some research.
An hour with google turned up interesting results/stories. It seems there is a connection between Micro$oft, Xenocode, Novell and possibly others. Xenocode was founded by former Micro$oft employees (http://dotnet.sys-con.com/node/833698/print)
How I like "The company claims thousands of followers" phrases/marketing blurb :-)
--- quote --- ...applications deployed with Xenocode have essentially the same performance characteristics as native executables. “Xenocoded” applications require no setup, configuration, clients, or device drivers, are isolated from external DLL and dependency conflicts, and run properly on Windows Vista and locked-down desktops. Xenocode-virtualized applications can be easily deployed on USB devices, corporate intranets, the Internet, or existing desktop management infrastructure software such as Microsoft SMS, LANDesk Management Suite, BMC Configuration Management and Novell ZENworks. --- quote ---
--- quote --- Novell today announced the launch of Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization (Zav). Born from a partnership with Xenocode, a company founded by former Microsoft engineers, Novell Zav makes it possible to package Windows applications inside a virtual container to ease their deployment while minimizingrisks of application conflicts and compatibility problems between applications --- quote ---
--- quote --- Xenocode, a next-generation virtualization company, today announced the licensing of its best-in-class application virtualization technology to Novell. The recently announced Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization solution leverages Xenocode’s virtualization technology to allow customers to deploy their applications inside a “virtual container” requiring no installation or configuration. Virtual application deployment eliminates application conflicts and compatibility problems on Windows desktops, allowing organizations to run legacy applications on Windows Vista and deploy multiple versions of applications side-by-side in isolated “sandboxes.”
“We are especially excited about combining our leadership in virtualization technology with Novell’s best-of-breed ZENworks management infrastructure platform,” said Kenji Obata, Xenocode founder and CEO. “This licensing agreement provides a powerful, integrated solution for large organizations to assure instant availability of applications across all versions and desktop platforms.” --- quote ---
So this application virtualization _might_ be a big thing considering this axis of evil or just another a flash in the pan.
A mentionable net event was this Xenocode browser-in-a-sandbox stuff. Though from what I've read (mainly german sites) it wasn't spectaculary successful and in the end it turned out not-so-sandbox like ;-)
If you are afraid of this, just don't spread hope everywhere: http://www.worthlessgenius.com/2008/10/08/software-spotlight-neuro-programme...
Anyway ... I'm only interested in challenging bugs, making apps to work is of secondary interest (if any) ;-)
Regards