Credit Suisse is pushing Citrix and its XenSource acquisition as the natural solution to the "corporate-desktop-as-serial-cost-offender" problem. It says Wall Street is fixated on server virtualization and is overlooking the nascent desktop virtualization market that Credit Suisse thinks will be worth at least $1.5 billion by 2011, representing 25.6 million users or 5.7% of the professional desktop installed base. It's forecasting that Citrix' upcoming XenDesktop will be worth $150 million by then, only 10% of the market but it really thinks it can capture a third and lower desktop TCO by 40%-50%.

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Patent Watch
The US Patent and Trademark Office examined 362,227 patents in its 2007 fiscal year, the highest number in history, and only granted 51% of them, down from 72% in fiscal 2000. The numbers come from its FY 2007 Performance and Accountability Report put out two weeks ago.

Goldman Frets over Software
Goldman Sachs says that "macro indicators suggest a softening in capital spending in 2008, particularly in the US" and expects software to feel it first if it happens especially since software is a "typically back-end loaded sale." It cut estimates on most of the favorites.

AMD Opens New Facility in India
AMD, with an eye on local design-wins, has opened a new 52,000-square-foot silicon design and platform R&D facility in Bangalore to house current and future staff. Engineers there are supposed to be playing a lead role in Shanghai, AMD first 45nm quad, and are currently doing design testing and optimization. AMD is planning on keeping its existing facility.

Race for Third Place
iSuppli gives HP 19.1% of the worldwide PC market in Q3, up 2.8% from last year, to Dell's 14.6%, down from 1.7%. Acer now has 7.9%, up 2.5%, and Lenovo has 8.1%. The researcher is betting Acer with Gateway in tow will pass Lenovo and claim third place this quarter.

Jobs Tops Power List
According to Fortune's "Power 25" list, Steve Jobs is the most powerful businessman in the world. More than Rupert Murdoch, the Google guys, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt, John Chambers, Mark Hurd and Carlos Slim. It's because he's "upended" five industries - computers, Hollywood, music, retailing and wireless phone. According to the magazine, "At this moment, no one has more influence over a broader swath of business than Jobs."

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