Are the alarm bells ringing yet?

Story: VMware Ousts CEO Diane GreeneTotal Replies: 11
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thenixedreport

Jul 08, 2008
11:06 PM EDT
Replaced by a Microsoft veteran.... hmmm....
gus3

Jul 08, 2008
11:14 PM EDT
All the more reason to use QEMU, or KVM, or even Bochs.
techiem2

Jul 08, 2008
11:32 PM EDT
Yup. I haven't messed with vmware since I figured out how to run qemu headless. Now I just use qemu and virtualbox for everything.
thenixedreport

Jul 09, 2008
12:00 AM EDT
So let's see.... Parallels, VirtualPC, Xen, and now VMware are compromised.
bigg

Jul 09, 2008
4:23 AM EDT
Just curious: why should bells be ringing?
jacog

Jul 09, 2008
4:43 AM EDT
Next step: VMWare sues all competitors for patent / IP infringement.
NoDough

Jul 09, 2008
7:08 AM EDT
I'm with bigg here. Just being a Microsoft employee does not automatically make a person unethical. I've visited the Microsoft campus and met scores of really good people.

If you know something about Mr. Meritz, then please share.
dinotrac

Jul 09, 2008
7:15 AM EDT
>Just being a Microsoft employee does not automatically make a person unethical

Especially if they feel the urge to become ex-Microsoft.
Sander_Marechal

Jul 09, 2008
7:32 AM EDT
Quoting:Just being a Microsoft employee does not automatically make a person unethical.


No, but being Microsoft top management probably does...
hkwint

Jul 09, 2008
8:16 AM EDT
Quoting:Next step: VMWare sues all competitors for patent / IP infringement.


As long as they sue Microsoft there's no problem I suppose...
thenixedreport

Jul 09, 2008
10:14 PM EDT
I'll look into this more indepth when I get the chance to.
Steven_Rosenber

Jul 10, 2008
11:04 AM EDT
What Microsoft employee wouldn't want to jump ship for the potential of stock options that aren't constantly under water?

VMware stock is a much better bet for the executive who wants to get rich quick.

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