Bob Tennent <BobT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:26:00 +0200, Hadron wrote:
> > Bob Tennent <BobT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:56:21 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> >>
> >> > VMware's IPO (Idiotic Public Offering)
> >> >
> >> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >> >| Yes, virtualization is hotter than hot. VMware's $296.8 million was up from
> >> >| $156.4 million for the same time span in 2006. That's great. That's
> >> >| wonderful. VMware dominates the virtualization market... for now.
> >> > `----
> >> >
> >> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2170912,00.asp
> >>
> >> Not to speak of the little problem VMware may have with the GPL:
> >>
> >> http://www.venturecake.com/the-vmware-house-of-cards/
> >>
> > Yup, the Linux dorks will now rip VMWare down. Another company which has
> > actively supported Linux being destroyed by the cretin crowd - we can
> > add them to DELL, Novell and NVidia to name but a few.
>
> All they have to do is respect the licence. They'll be destroyed by
> the open-source competition, not because they have to reveal the source
> code of their loader.
>
Actually, VMWare is by far the best of the bunch--open source or not,
and they're going to remain that way for some time.
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