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[News] Microsoft Still Ruins VMware from the Inside, Using Moles and Partners

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Bringing Microsoft To VMware

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| Last summer, Paul Maritz was only hours into his new job as chief executive 
| of VMware when he called Tod Nielsen, his former Microsoft colleague. 
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| Nielsen, formerly Maritz's right-hand man at Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - 
| people ) and chief executive of Borland Software (nasdaq: BORL - news - 
| people ), talked with Maritz about Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory rules.  
| Article Controls
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| "Paul was essentially the No. 3 person at Microsoft, in charge of all system 
| software," Nielsen says. "I was responsible for all the interactions with the 
| developer community, for marketing and launching and evangelizing."  
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/28/software-virtualization-enterprise-technology-enterprise_0128_vmware.html


Recent:

Microsoft is on the Attack – Slams VMware for Being Too Expensive!

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| In honor on VMware’s once a year virtualization bash Microsoft brought up a
| new web site where they basically slam VMware for being, what they call, too
| expensive, http://www.vmwarecostswaytoomuch.com/
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http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=8621


Related:

A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft

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| When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is
| that virtualization is something that should be built into the
| operating system."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/technology/24soft.html?ex=1172898000&en=bbca645a927ef7f8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
http://tinyurl.com/35jkur
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