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10. July 2008 by Tony.
In case you haven’t heard Diane Green (co-founder/CEO) has been let go from VMware. This stroke of genius not only spurred numerous articles on the future and stability of VMware as a whole but also earned VMware the Motley Fools “Worser” stock of the day
Some other interesting reading: good ones:
Comment Whacks Greene when VMware needed her most
By firing VMware chief Diane Greene, EMC’s top dog Joe Tucci has sent a message to investors that his personal likes and dislikes come before their broader interests. That’s not exactly what you want to see from an executive who has already done so very little for investors over the past five years. We’ve written more than any …
MS veteran replaces co-founder
VMWare co-founder Diane Greene left the company today as it announced it would undershoot its full year revenue targets. VMWare chairman Joe Tucci said in a statement that former Microsoft exec Paul Maritz would take the helm of the firm. Tucci also thanked Greene for her contributions and wished her “every success in the …
VMware’s Woes - Is Microsoft Virtualization to Blame?
Written by: Douglas Brown
Today, VMware announced it has fired (my words, not theirs) one of their founders and the current CEO, Diane Greene. This came as a huge shock to me and most of us in the virtualization industry. In the following article I will explain why I think VMware’s Board let Diane go an why VMware’s stock falling like a MythBusters project to determine the terminal velocity of a 21 billion dollar rock falling from the top of the Empire State Building, and why do I think this is mostly caused by Microsoft.
http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=8115
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