rustybutt

The Microsoft VMware Smack Down: Behind the Headlines

I find all this FUD regarding Microsoft vs. VMware to be a joke. Microsoft has never been successful when they've had to truly compete. They've only been successful when they've been able to leverage their monopoly position with Windows, and now that they've dumped XP and are attempting to needlessly force the world to Vista, their decline has become inevitable. As long as VMware continues to innovate at the pace they have been, they have little to worry about from Microsoft. Imagine you're a CIO and you have a choice to buy a virtualzation solution from the industry tech leader - VMware - or Microsoft, who has no history in virtualization, let alone a long track record of technical failure (see Vista's introduction, XP's introduction, NT's introduction, let alone ME, Win 98, and ta daaa... Windows 3.1 and 3.0). Which of you wants to put his career on the line as an early adopter of an unproven technology from Microsoft? Hmmm???