DIGITAL RESEARCH

Digital Research was at the forefront of pioneering Virtual Operating Systems in the early 1980s with Concurrent DOS, REAL/32, and Flex/OS, all of which became fully available commercial products. Flex/OS supported full graphics and was the most advanced OS developed by DR. In 2007, Virtual Operating Systems are at the forefront of the most exciting news in the computer industry. Citrix is a major player with its MetaFrame software bring in about $1 Billion per year enabling virtualization of Windows based on licensed OS code from Microsoft in conjunction with proprietary Citrix code. VMware made major news in mid-August 2007 by going public and becoming an almost $20 billion company overnight with its Virtual OS implementation to enable running multiple operating systems as a subset of its proprietary OS implementation. Less well known a player, XenSource was acquired by Citrix Systems for $500 million in mid-August 2007, and offers a unique approach to OS virtualization. Microsoft is..

Also known as: Digital Research, Inc.

Primary location: Carmel Valley United States