VMware Beats Microsoft In RedMondMag Software Election

Tuesday, 02 May 2006 by Michel Roth

RedMondMag has organized the "Best of the Best: Redmond's 2006 Readers' Choice Awards". This year�s survey was once again pushed out to readers who have signed up to receive one of our numerous e-mail newsletters. And once again, our readers proved to be a responsive and opinionated group (which we deeply appreciate). Even with the significantly longer survey, we still received nearly 2,000 completed surveys at the end of the two-week survey period.

Some of the highlighs:

Another clash of two titans: Citrix Metaframe edged out Microsoft Terminal Services, 49.8 percent to 47.1 percent. No other entries were even close.

The battle for best virtual server was a clash of two titans -- VMware and Microsoft. VMware's GSX Server won with 47.5 percent of the vote. Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 came in right behind that with 45.8 percent.

Those same two titans clashed again for best virtual PC product. VMware took a wider lead with its VMware Workstation Edition earning 58.7 percent. Microsoft Connectix Virtual PC for Windows followed with 36.1 percent of the votes.

Read the full results of the election here.