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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:Costs? by utlemming · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is exactly what I did. I built myself a respectable FreeBSD box for about $250, and I don't have to worry about system problems or crashes.

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  2. Re:Whoa by cwernli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, you are rapping. Are you black or what ?