VMW VDI and Windows 7

In the earlier days, Diane Green predictably spoke contemptuously of Microsoft, sort of like Khrushchev at the UN pounding his shoe on the podium and yelling "we will bury you" (for those of you who are old enough to know what the UN is). The new, wiser VMware is a lot more aware of what's going on in the rest of the industry (good!) but still a little bit psychitzo when it comes to MS. VMW recognizes that Windows 7 may well unleash a major upgrade wave within enterprise customers (all those who never did Vista but are running out of headroom and support with XP) and that this upgrade wave is an ideal time to call the question on remote application delivery alternatives (smart marketing). But it seems that many at VMW still find it distasteful to even speak the word "Windows" without spitting so this strategic argument comes out wrapped in condescension and denigration. VMware needs to think a little more about why people would adopt Windows 7 now in the first place (‘because they are idiots' is probably the wrong answer) and more to the point carefully look at all the things in W/7 that make VDI less valuable (sorry VMW, Microsoft hasn't stood still). Part of the maturation process I guess.