By: Michael S (already5chosen.delete@this.yahoo.com), March 24, 2021 6:47 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Joe (4jhodge.delete@this.gmail.com) on March 24, 2021 5:56 am wrote:
> me (me.delete@this.me.com) on March 24, 2021 3:25 am wrote:
> > > VMware is afloat, but the bulk of the world's x86 VMs no longer runs on VMware.
> >
> > For sure. He left because he saw where things were going and
> > there is nothing he can do about it. VMWare is fucked.
>
> That was going to happen no matter what VMWare did. They're still the top on-prem VM
> platform and their AWS integration is attractive to customers doing both. They'll never
> regain the dominance they once had because on-prem will never regain the dominance it
> once had. IMHO, they've handled the transition from #1 to niche player pretty well.
I sincerely hope that you are wrong about "on-prem will never regain the dominance it once had".
I don't care in a slightest about fate of VMWare, but hate, hate, hate recent proliferation of the Claude.
> me (me.delete@this.me.com) on March 24, 2021 3:25 am wrote:
> > > VMware is afloat, but the bulk of the world's x86 VMs no longer runs on VMware.
> >
> > For sure. He left because he saw where things were going and
> > there is nothing he can do about it. VMWare is fucked.
>
> That was going to happen no matter what VMWare did. They're still the top on-prem VM
> platform and their AWS integration is attractive to customers doing both. They'll never
> regain the dominance they once had because on-prem will never regain the dominance it
> once had. IMHO, they've handled the transition from #1 to niche player pretty well.
I sincerely hope that you are wrong about "on-prem will never regain the dominance it once had".
I don't care in a slightest about fate of VMWare, but hate, hate, hate recent proliferation of the Claude.
