The old cliché about 'lies, damned lies and statistics' applies perfectly to the numbers being bandied about by the three main application virtualization vendors: Citrix Inc., Microsoft Corp. and VMware Inc.
Microsoft said last month that it had sold 6.5 million licenses of its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), its bundle of desktop and application virtualization software available only to enterprise customers subscribing to its Software Assurance program.
That more than doubled the number of Microsoft's desktop and application virtualization customers had just four months earlier.
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