interesting

[Net Llama!]

On 12/17/03 11:07, Shawn L Johnston wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 16:57, dep wrote:
> 
>>i would hold forth on this at some length, but i have the flu -- do 
>>*everything* you can to avoid it -- and therefore am not doing anything 
>>at length except whining and moaning.
>>
>>EMC To Acquire VMware For $635M
>>
>>Storage vendor said the acquisition will help lower costs and simplify
>>operations for its customers through virtualization technologies.
>>
>>http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,88265,00.html?nlid=PM
> 
> 
> I'm not sure that this will be so great for small office and home users
> but it will be interesting too see what comes out of this.

I doubt terribly much.  VMWare will remain an independent subsidiary of 
EMC.  I know a few people who work at VMWare and from what they've said, 
nothing is changing from an operations standpoint.

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