VMware last night released Q2 2008 earnings report in which it reduced its outlook for the third quarter, investors responded by shedding shares and caused a drop of 14% in share price.

BOSTON (Reuters)—Business software maker VMware Inc issued a revenue outlook on Tuesday that fell far short of expectations, saying customers were delaying purchases or opting for smaller and shorter contracts due to a weak economy.
“In a word: disappointing,” said Jefferies & Co analyst Katherine Egbert. “They might be trying to lower the bar for the new CEO.”
VMware replaced Chief …

In an article published by iTWire, VMware has predicted that windows and other operating systems as we know them are on the way out, instead  replacing them are virtual appliances running on layers of Linux.
If you need a router and a firewall you go to Cisco, they provide with the appliance, if something goes wrong you call Cisco and they sort it.
Instead of buying a Microsoft commercial operating system;
“They use their own open source OS, a very thin layer of operating system. They take out all the unnecessary components that …