I just got back from VMWorld 2008 in Las Vegas and want to comment on how many honest vendors I met while there. I like it when the company reps don’t try to scam me with marketing hoo ha or flat-out lies about their products. I’m far more likely to recommend my colleagues and readers to them if they’re honest with me about shortcoming, bugs, or missed delivery dates. Inclusion in the list doesn’t mean you made some confession to me about flaws in your product but it means that you took the time with me to explain your product, give me a demo, and give me honest expectations.
So, to assist you in seeking out those honest vendors, I’m making this public list available of folks I spoke with who were up front and honest with me. Now, this list is incomplete so don’t be offended if your company isn’t listed–it means that either I didn’t speak to your reps, forgot that I spoke to you, or you were inadvertently missed somehow. However, inclusion in this list means that I did speak to you and was impressed enough that I am making it public.
Novell - SuSE Studio demo – Awesome demo.
StoneWare – WebOS – The future of Virtual Desktops.
Ubuntu – VM Studio – The nicest guys and the coolest OS – buy me a drink next time.
BlueBear – Kodiak and Koala – Hip folk with super products.
nComputing – PC resource sharing hardware – nice people with the most innovative hardware I’ve ever seen.
Liquid Computing – Data Center Management (Physical and Virtual) – LiquidIQ baby!
RTO Software – Doing that VDI thing? Gotta give these guys a call.
Red Hat/Qumranet – Smart people, Smart product. I want one o’ them Red Hats.
Panologic – Put your Desktop on a diet with the Pano device.
Sun – xVM VirtualBox and xVM Server – Add those to Zones and watch that TCO shrink.
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