Editing Citrix Systems (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Citrix.svg|right|200px|thumb|Original Citrix logo until September 14, 2020]]
In 1989, Citrix was founded in [[Richardson, Texas]], by former [[IBM]] developer [[Ed Iacobucci]] with $3 million in funding.<ref name=NetIndustries>{{cite web | author=NetIndustries | title=Citrix Systems, Inc. – Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Citrix Systems, Inc. | publisher=NetIndustries | year=2002 | url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/98/Citrix-Systems-Inc.html | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520144322/http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/98/Citrix-Systems-Inc.html | archive-date=2011-05-20 }}</ref> Following the company's initial setup and development, Iacobucci moved the company to his former home in [[Coral Springs, Florida]].<ref name=NetIndustries/> The company's first employees were five other engineers from IBM who Iacobucci convinced to join his team. Iacobucci served as chairman of the company, and Roger Roberts became the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of Citrix in 1990.<ref name=NetIndustries/><ref name=Gibbs99>{{cite news |title=Inside Ed's Head |author=Lisa Gibbs |url=http://www.floridatrend.com/print/article/13432 |work=[[Florida Trend]] |date=July 1, 1999 |access-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140851/http://www.floridatrend.com/print/article/13432 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Freer97/> Citrix was originally named Citrus but changed its name after an existing company claimed [[trademark]] rights.<ref name=Heisler>{{cite news |title=In Pictures: How 41 tech companies got their names |author=Yoni Heisler |url=http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/slideshow/559849/pictures-how-tech-companies-got-their-names/?image=41 |work=[[PC World]] Australia |access-date=26 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105717/http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/slideshow/559849/pictures-how-tech-companies-got-their-names/?image=41 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> The name Citrix is a [[portmanteau]] of Citrus and [[UNIX]].<ref name=Sarna10>{{cite book |title=Implementing and Developing Cloud Computing Applications |author=David E. Y. Sarna |year=2010 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |isbn= 9781439830833|page=154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1zRBQAAQBAJ&q=citrix+portmanteau&pg=PA154 |access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref>

The company's first product was Citrix Multiuser, an extension of [[OS/2]] developed over two years. Citrix licensed the OS/2 [[source code]] from [[Microsoft]]<ref name=NetIndustries/><ref name=Gibbs99/><ref name=Lunan91>{{cite news |title=Informal Attire Belies Citrix's Serious Aims |author=Charles Lunan |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-04-22/business/9101200665_1_citrix-systems-compaq-computer-computer-lab |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=April 22, 1991 |access-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144216/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-04-22/business/9101200665_1_citrix-systems-compaq-computer-computer-lab |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> and developed its own [[Independent Computing Architecture]] (ICA) protocol for Citrix Multiuser.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Multiuser allowed multiple users working on separate computers to remotely access software on a server, even from computers that were not built to run OS/2.<ref name=Lunan91/><ref name=Maney97>{{cite news | first=Kevin |last=Maney |title=Tiny tech firm does the unthinkable |work=[[USA Today]] |publisher=USA Today |date= June 11, 1997 }}</ref> Three days before the product launched in 1991, Microsoft announced they would be switching from OS/2 to [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]. This change made Multiuser nearly unusable without significant changes to make it compatible with Windows or [[DOS]]. In 1991, the company discussed closing, but investments from [[Intel]], Microsoft, and [[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers]] among others allowed the company to work on a new version of Multiuser.<ref name=NetIndustries/><ref name=Gibbs99/>

Multi-Win version 2.0 was released in 1992. It was compatible with DOS applications and allowed up to five users.<ref name=Salemi92>{{cite news |title=Citrix and Novell Update Their Multiuser Operating Systems |author=Joe Salemi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFhT5khImwMC&q=citrix+Multiuser+compatible+with+DOS&pg=PT55 |work=[[PC Magazine]] |date=Jun 16, 1992 |access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref> In 1993, Citrix released a new remote applications server, WinView, which could run DOS and Windows applications.<ref name=Durlester93>{{cite news |title=Free associating our way through Citrix WinView server installation |author1=Nancy Durlester |author2=Laura Wonnacott |author3=Nicholas Petreley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zoEAAAAMBAJ&q=winview+1993+ten&pg=PA78 |work=[[InfoWorld]] |date=December 6, 1993 |access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref> By 1994, the company's yearly revenue equaled $10 million.<ref name=NetIndustries/>

In 1995, the company launched [[Citrix WinFrame]], a [[multi-user]] [[operating system]] based on Microsoft's [[Windows NT]].<ref name=NetIndustries/> This new product allowed up to 15 users and was the first [[thin client]] for Windows.<ref name=Rigney96>{{cite news |title=Citrix's WinFrame: Windows Anywhere |author=Steve Rigney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZV8jJvJv-zYC&q=winframe+&pg=RA1-PA225 |work=[[PC Magazine]] |date=August 1996 |access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=PCMag>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/44668/ica |title=Definition of:ICA |encyclopedia=pcmag.com/encyclopedia |publisher=[[PC Magazine]] |access-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150403/http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/44668/ica |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref>