A Penguin in the Orchard

VMware joins Linux Foundation

(Via LinuxWorld.)

“VMware has been focusing on standardization efforts much more seriously of late. They realize that the actual hypervisor functionality is being quickly commoditized, or near-commoditized, and like every other virtualization vendor, they’re eyeing virtualization management as the source of green-field revenue,” said Michael Coté, an analyst with Redmonk. “IT management is by its nature a heterogenous undertaking, and even for market leaders like VMware, that means promoting standards and openness, at least at the lower levels of the stack.”