VMware Makes Linux Fan New CEO

"Virtualisation specialist VMware's CEO and co-founder Diane Greene was ousted by the firm's board this week. The word is that VMware chairman (and EMC CEO) Joe Tucci didn't exactly see eye to eye with Greene.

"It's rumoured that Tucci believed the firm needed someone with experience of taking firms 'to the next level' and that the founder should step aside and take a different role at the company she co-founded -- when she refused, it's reported, he had her sacked..."

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