VMWare: Here is $320 million SpringSource: I'm sure we can find some synergies
Really great business plan by the founders of SpringSource. I'm sure they are all now wealthy people, and it alleviates the need for them to do that really hard thing, which is make money (day in, day out). As far as VMWare is concerned, I've seen it mainly as a solution for virtualizing Windows, and once Hyper-V gets its 3rd time lucky MS touch, then it'll be a brave shop indeed which turns down a virtualization solution from MS to run Windows. At which point, VMWare might just lack a core business/revenue stream. So, VMWare buying SpringSource is probably about diversification for VMWare. But I don't get what value they add to SpringSource (besides a wad of cash in the pockets of the ppl behind SpringSource) and I can't see any Java shop taking a closer look at a Spring offering because VMWare now owns them (unless it was commercial security they were concerned about). But I guess we'll all see. (Time to read up on Guice) On Aug 11, 8:38 am, Josh Long <[email protected]> wrote: > VMWare buys SpringSource - thoughts? > > http://blog.springsource.com/2009/08/10/springsource-chapter-two/ > > Thanks, > Josh Longhttp://www.joshlong.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
