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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:Given that they need the money, I doubt it. by dmehus · · Score: 5, Informative

    VMware had filed its intention to go public in July of this year, and every indication was that process was proceeding normally. Analysts expected them to make their public markets debut soon. I suppose EMC, which has been on a buying spree with billion-dollar buyouts of both content management technology provider Documentum and storage management provider Legato Systems earlier this year, made an offer VMware just could not refuse. It had to be good, because they were expected to make several hundred million from an IPO. :)

    Cheers,
    Doug

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    Doug Mehus http://doug.mehus.info/
  2. Re:I just hope... by jhunsake · · Score: 5, Informative

    Virtual PC can run most x86 operating systems

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/eva lu ation/overview2004.asp

    They're not going to support it, it doesn't mean that Virtual PC 2004 won't run Linux as a guest OS. In fact, I know people that are doing so right now.

    Don't confuse vendor support for an option with product support for that option. They are two entirely different types of "support".