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Citrix To Bring Millions of Windows Apps To iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the your-chocolate-got-in-my-melted-cheese dept.

Anonymous writes "Citrix is putting out word that it's developing an iPhone receiver that could make 'millions' of Windows applications work on Apple's handset. (Something Citrix is calling 'Project Braeburn.') Aside from Flash and a few other apps, is anyone pining for Windows-based apps on the iPhone? (Exchange on the iPhone seems to be successful, but so does Apple's App store, which has done pretty well without Windows.)"

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  1. Citrix is near! by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Citrix is near!
    Performance: oh dear.
    Sooner, the service
    From suds of yesteryear.
    Burma Shave

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  2. Mod me troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The first ever virus for the iPhone...
     
    ...and it comes with an official announcement.

    O tempora! O mores!

  3. Re:Once again... by Richard_at_work · · Score: 2, Funny

    You aren't listening correctly - this will be of great use to many many businesses out there with a Windows infrastructure.

  4. 320x480 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    iPhone screen resolution is 320x480 pixels

    And that will let you look at the upper left corner of thousands of Windows apps on your iPhone.

    Lovely.

  5. One word: FreeCell. by sootman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously. Not the crappy, ugly version that comes with Vista, not one of the so-so clones, just the good old, highly-addictive, always-winnable*, 8-bit-graphics version that came with Windows from 95 through XP.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeCell_(Windows)

    * according to Wikipedia, there is one deal in the Windows version that is unsolvable.

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  6. Re:This may sway me to an iPhone by EveLibertine · · Score: 2, Funny

    MAJOR Business killer application.

    Why is your application killing businesses?