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EMC To Acquire VMware

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ch-ch-ch-changes dept.

kma writes "According to The Register, virtual machine software maker (and my employer) VMware Inc. will be acquired by storage giant EMC, pending the usual approval process." The article explains: "VMware makes the industry's premier set of partitioning tools for running both Windows and Linux on a single server and running multiple applications on a single system. EMC plans to grab the privately held VMware for $635 million in cash."

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  1. Re:Poorly worded article? by pegr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've been able to run multiple applications on a single system for many, many years now. It's called multi-tasking :) Or did they mean "running multiple operating systems on a single system", in which case isn't that redudant with the first part of the sentence (running both Windows and Linux on a single server)?

    Also, wouldn't a "set of partitioning tools" be something like Partition Magic or fdisk? Or are we using a more generic form of the word partition? I've used VMware a lot, and I had to re-read this a couple of times just to make sure they weren't actually talking about something else.

    If this comment isn't crying for a (-1, Karma Whore), I don't know one that does. I swear, reaping +1's from idiot moderators has become way too easy. OK, now give me my (-1, Offtopic).