“VMware CEO Diane Greene said Monday that the virtualization
software company isn’t worried about battling Microsoft and Linux
distributors but will fight to ensure that the interfaces between
the operating system and hypervisor are open.“At VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure 3 launch in Cambridge,
Mass., Greene said VMware won’t fall victim to Microsoft or Linux
distributors that incorporate the Xen hypervisor because VMware’s
platform is far too mature and advanced for rivals to catch up and
because customers value virtualization’s independence from the
operating system…”