Comments on: VMware – The Next Great Platform Company? http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=795&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vmware-the-next-great-platform-company Virtualization & Cloud Computing News, Resources, and Analysis Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jess http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=795&cpage=1#comment-686 Jess Thu, 27 May 2010 13:38:50 +0000 http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=795#comment-686 Could anything actually destabilise Microsoft? A friend of mine seems to think so. I don't understand half of what he's saying most of the time but he's been on a lot of vmware training courses, and he thinks it could be a contender. I mean, there's Apple but I tend to find that Microsoft offer very different experiences. I'll confess to being very frustrated with Microsoft at times but they're practically synonymous with computing. From my own very limited perspective, I'd be stunned if anyone managed to shunt them aside. Could anything actually destabilise Microsoft? A friend of mine seems to think so. I don’t understand half of what he’s saying most of the time but he’s been on a lot of vmware training courses, and he thinks it could be a contender. I mean, there’s Apple but I tend to find that Microsoft offer very different experiences.

I’ll confess to being very frustrated with Microsoft at times but they’re practically synonymous with computing. From my own very limited perspective, I’d be stunned if anyone managed to shunt them aside.

]]> By: Virtualization Round Up 20090914 | latoga labs http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=795&cpage=1#comment-20 Virtualization Round Up 20090914 | latoga labs Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:19:16 +0000 http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=795#comment-20 [...] VMware – The Next Great Platform Company? is an interesting view of VMware from someone who experienced Paul Maritz and Todd Nielson working together in the past. [...] [...] VMware – The Next Great Platform Company? is an interesting view of VMware from someone who experienced Paul Maritz and Todd Nielson working together in the past. [...]

]]> By: VMware Buys SpringSource | The Virtualization Practice http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=795&cpage=1#comment-17 VMware Buys SpringSource | The Virtualization Practice Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:44:51 +0000 http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=795#comment-17 [...] It was only a matter of time before VMware decided that if it was going to be an applications platform company, and really take on Microsoft, that it would need a presence in the business of building applications, and in providing the run-time infrastructure for applications. Acquiring SpringSource is a brilliant move because it leverages the open source community to devalue and dilute Microsoft’s standing in the applications tools and platform markets. The need for Microsoft to take this step was articulated and predicted in this post about VMware as a Platform Company. [...] [...] It was only a matter of time before VMware decided that if it was going to be an applications platform company, and really take on Microsoft, that it would need a presence in the business of building applications, and in providing the run-time infrastructure for applications. Acquiring SpringSource is a brilliant move because it leverages the open source community to devalue and dilute Microsoft’s standing in the applications tools and platform markets. The need for Microsoft to take this step was articulated and predicted in this post about VMware as a Platform Company. [...]

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