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Don't understand why customers would risk their business continuity with that legacy technology.
Get a Shitrix exit plan as soon as possible and execute directly.
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"You said, "Don't understand why customers would risk their business continuity with that legacy technology."
It's likely another instance where CIOs and other IT leaders favor the status quo -- e.g. do nothing to change until the situation requires action -- like a product support crisis. Otherwise, most Citrix customers will continue to pay the new price increases for the legacy products. Changing vendors creates a lot of work. So, IT leaders are not looking for a change. The IT org apathy is also why CIOs are typically replaced by their frustrated CEOs.
Agree with the VMW shill comment. If you don't think there's a market for DaaS or VDI, you obviously haven't been in this business for very long. There are many use cases that will be relevant and necessary for years. Many enterprises have legacy, 3-tier applications (enterprise, LOB, UNIX/mainframe, etc.) that are not only still relevant, but business-critical. They're not moving to cloud anytime soon. Contractor/3P access is still a major thing, as is basic remote desktop/app access. Changing from that model in many cases is expensive and disruptive. Will it happen? Sure. Eventually. Many customers running VMW Horizon are freaking out now because they got it for free and the whole EUC division comprises less than 10% of VMW's overall revenue (and most of that's probably from AirWatch). They're now talking to Citrix, some for the first time in decades. Does the VDI/DaaS market have a shelf life? Of course, especially given the 800 lb gorilla in Microsoft. But there's still revenue opportunity, especially if Citrix can scoop up VMW EUC customers and provide a flexible path and evolution from the virt roots that built the company to what it is today.
I only see and hear IT service companies and customers looking into how soon they can move away from Shitrix and look into modern concepts of a flexible and secure workspace that isn't primarily based on VDI or DaaS.
VMWare Shill.. 3bn in revenue.. So yes.. people are still buying. People never bought your Horizon BS. It was always given away...