Strategy Sessions: VMware vs Low Cost Rivals!

• Parallels challenging and luring VMware into the dark alleys.
• XenSource doing a cosmetic upgrade to attract Windows clients
• Virtual Iron comparing its pricing (80%* cheaper than VMware they say) against VMware
• Microsoft keeping mum (I'm sure Russinovich is up to something there, we'll know pretty soon for sure) but sure working on something
  
• SWsoft wooing Sun and integrating openVZ on their Servers.

VMware needs to take a deep breath and think of a strategy to spin off catalytic innovations (and I mean on their Business Model as well) with inside-outs and outside-ins insights.Watch this space. I will finish post by tonite!

Thanks to David (in comment) for the correction!