Disclaimer (Oct ‘09): This page is a popular Google hit. I assume that’s due to significant community interest in virtualization, esp. desktop virtualization. However, this post is now only of historical value. The market has changed. The products have changed. Altiris (now Symantec) has changed its positioning and strategy significantly since this was written. For current info on Symantec Endpoint Virtualization, visit Symantec Connect.
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The SVS-SoftGrid battle has heated up the past two months. Of course, I did my part with that intentionally inflammatory previous post. Sorry about that. Hard to resist, and it was meant in a positive competitive spirit. Believe me, I’ve said much worse about Florida State fans! But the fact is there shouldn’t be much of a battle here; we’re talking about two very different products that do very different things. And each vendor needs to be doing a better job helping customers understand the differences and the applicability of each product to specific business problems.
I’ve been trying off and on for a few weeks to compose a comprehensive, useful response to some of the comments here and elsewhere. Haven’t been successful yet, mostly because — whatever may be going on in the competitive landscape — everyone here at Altiris has been busy selling SVS. Today, tho, we got a good post on the Juice from Edwin Yuen of Softricity. And I guess I just find it easier to respond to rational comments. 
Please check out our exchange and the whole comments thread below this article. Excelsior!
