I’ve been writing code since high school in 1981. During that time I have seen a number of progressions in both computer hardware and programming languages. I’m sure some of you would be familiar with BASIC (not the Visual kind)…
It is a right of Citrix employees to collect Citrix shirts. In the beginning, it is interesting. Then, it starts to become a bit much. I suppose that most technology companies see shirts as an easy way to spread their…
Every company has its own unique culture. As the years progress, some of the rituals grow large but the meaning is often lost. This is not much different from any other cultural exchange that exists in the broader scope of…
You know the story. A leader in anger will kill the messenger of bad news. However, I believe there is more to the story. Often you find that the messenger takes pleasure in bringing bad news in the hope of…
It is common knowledge among programmers that the movie OfficeSpace is just a bit too close to the truth. The cubicles are small, the programmers are fidgety, and the management is… well, just management. During my time at IBM it…
The agreement with Microsoft affirmed Citrix’s and Microsoft’s commitment to building a multiuser NT system in 1992. Looking back, this was a very pivotal decision for both companies to work together on the NT code base. At the time, Citrix…
This was the last party I attended with Citrix while still in America. In February of 1997 I was off to Australia. I’m surprised I still have material about this event. I remember that the yacht was massive and that…
Some of the oldest documents I have about Citrix come from my interview folder when I interviewed in December 1992. Essentially someone went and found the best brochures and documents of the time in the hopes of convincing interview candidates that Citrix…
As you may already know, Citrix has an internal program for gathering product ideas from employees. In a previous post, I asked for customers to submit ideas so that I could forward these ideas into the product ideas database. The…
Over the years, many of the original Citrix employees have left and found other jobs or ventures. Some of these people I have located again. Probably the most concentrated new venture I have found so far is mVisible. It is…
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