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Ex-Microsoft execs continue filling the VMware lineup
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| VMware's executive roster is beginning to look very familiar to the old
| Microsoft regime. Since Diane Greene's departure, it seems as though a few
| key executive positions have fallen into the hands of former Microsoft
| employees.
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| [...]
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| From the outside looking in, there has never been much of a positive
| relationship between VMware and Microsoft. So it will be interesting to see
| how much the growing Microsoft executive presence within VMware will define
| and shape the company's vision as well as how it will effect the competition
| between the two companies moving forward.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2009/03/exmicrosoft_exe.html
VMWare was prepared to sue Microsoft or issue an antitrust complaint before
Tucci kicked Diane Greene out.
Recent:
VMware picks up yet another former Softie
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| At the rate it’s going, VMware is going to be Microsoft’s alumni clubhouse
| No. 1.
|
| On March 24, VMware announced it had hired former Softie Richard McAniff as
| Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. McAniff will be
| responsible for R&D for VMware’s Serer and Desktop Business Units and will
| report to yet another former Microsoft exec, VMware CEO Paul Maritz.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2355
EMC Tightens Its Embrace of VMware
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| If EMC does plan to sell off its controlling stake in VMware, the company is
| maintaining a spectacular poker face.
|
| On Tuesday, EMC held its first broad strategy update in almost three years.
| The company’s chief executive, Joe Tucci, presided over the affair, more than
| half of which centered on the virtualization software sold by VMware.
|
| [...]
|
| Mr. Maritz, once a top executive at Microsoft, boasted that VMware has
| shifted towards building a virtual operating system that runs not just
| servers but also storage and networking gear.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/emc-tightens-its-embrace-of-vmware/
VMware taps former Microsoft manager Nielsen as first COO
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| Maybe it's time for VMware to officially set up shop in Seattle. Today, the
| virtualization spin out from EMC announced that former Microsoft and
| Crossgain executive Tod Nielsen is joining the Palo Alto, Calif.-based
| company as chief operating officer.
|
| He will report directly to former Microsoft vice president and Seattle
| resident Paul Maritz, who took over the CEO post at VMware in July. In fact,
| EMC -- the majority shareholder of VMware -- has been making some very
| interesting moves in the Seattle area recently.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/VMware_taps_Nielsen_37168844.html
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