We were all surprised when Ed left and Mark was not the CEO. The story of what happened was never completely clear. The official connection was related to earnings statements. These were very interesting times: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/401631 June 23, 2000…
Citrix started as an engineering based company and later became a marketing based company. This transition happened around 2001 (This is based on my observations and conclusions, your opinions may vary). The focus shift has made it much more difficult…
There is a long term relationship between Citrix and Microsoft. It started in 1989 when Citrix was founded. Without Microsoft’s backing in funds and licensing, it probably would not have been possible for Citrix to start. I have heard that…
Datapac was an Australian company purchased by Citrix in 1997. It was the core of the current development done in Australia for Citrix. Datapac was not only the key to help open up the Asia Pacific market, but it also…
Citrix is a company that specializes in being able to do computer work remotely. In fact, it has been a consistent strength throughout our history. So, can you imagine that the programmers would not be able to work from home…
Hopefully this will be fairly short. Internally Citrix has a product ideas database for employees to submit new ideas. It has been going a number of years and I have submitted a number of ideas (along with lots of other…
In the world of lawsuits, many things have changed. Obviously the most visible result is incredibly stupid warning labels like “Don’t stand on top of the ladder” or “Contents might be hot”. The more insidious type of changes actually affect the productivity…
Citrix was young and small enough to realize the importance of the Internet starting in 1993. By 1994, it was obvious that Netscape was going to help make the Internet really popular. The problem that we had was how to…
WinView was a direct descendant of Multiuser. It incorporated the ability to make OS/2 multi-user and also the ability to run existing DOS and Windows applications. WinView was a name generated by Tyrone Pike (one of our board members at…
This isn’t going to be easy to write about. I wasn’t there in 1989-1992. I do have enough background information to hopefully get some things right. The company was founded by three people: Ed Iacobucci, Randy Wood, and Ronel Brittian. …
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