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DatabaseJournal: VMware takes aim at Amazon RDS and database.com with new database-as-a-service product.

Virtually Speaking: "VMware is the Microsoft of the virtualization space and they don't have to pander to anyone's murmuring, complaining or whining.

Today, VMware shows that its focus is on you, the customer."

InternetNews.com: VMware's giant computer, Linus Torvalds 'lie' and cloud hype.

The Register: "VMware has invited Scala programmers onto Cloud Foundry, its open source 'platform cloud,' an online service for building and readily scaling applications."

The Register: "Apple and Oracle exemplify the proprietary lock-in model, while Google champions open source without truly being open.

VMware combines its high-margin virtualisation business with acquired software companies to create a hybrid model that is both proprietary and somewhat open all at once."

IT World: "If you missed it, and I think that unlikely given the buzz the announcement got this week, Cloud Foundry is VMware's open source platform as a service (PaaS).

And, unlike last week's Facebook hardware announcement, this baby is actually open source, released under the Apache license."

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Two entries in this month's security update, released Tuesday, blocks Windows 7 users from connecting to VMware's View Connection Servers, according to a VMware security bulletin.

Cyber Cynic: "VMware wanted to buy Novell, but the virtualization company didn't want to buy everything that Novell's board wanted to sell.

At the same time, Microsoft had made it clear that it hated the idea of VMware, a Microsoft rival, ending up as Novell's owner."

Cyber Cynic: "My own sources have also now confirmed that VMware is Novell's suitor."