Comments on: VMware Taps a new SpringSource: The Q&A

By: VMWare, SpringSource to revolutionize Java development | 云生活

VMWare, SpringSource to revolutionize Java development | 云生活 — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:38:02 +0000

[...] Redmonk’s Stephen O’Grady thinks it’s not just about the development and integration, but also about tooling: When (colleague Michael) Cote and I met with SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson at OSCON a few weeks ago, one of the primary topics of discussion was the development experience. This could wind up one of the unheralded benefits of the acquisition: Rod gets the tooling story. He understands that Microsoft, again, is setting the bar for the development experience by allowing its developers to localize the cloud environment via Visual Studio. With VMware’s virtualization capabilities, the tooling story for SpringSource could get very interesting vis a vis cloud development and deployment. [...]

By: tecosystems » VMware’s Database Play: Will Red Hat Follow?

tecosystems » VMware’s Database Play: Will Red Hat Follow? — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:35:06 +0000

[...] as outlined by James above is both interesting and eminently logical. By acquiring SpringSource (coverage) and Zimbra (coverage), after all, VMware would – theoretically at least – be realizing [...]

By: VMware’s Acquisition Of SpringSource Raises The Competitive Bar | JavaProNews

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:27:38 +0000

[...] Framework and related Spring products. Redmonk’s Stephen O’Grady subscribes to this view, using the MySQL acquisition by Sun as a proof point. I disagree because a framework is [...]

By: People Over Process » The Big 50 - IT Management & Cloud Podcast

People Over Process » The Big 50 - IT Management & Cloud Podcast — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:44:50 +0000

[...] buys SpringSource – see Stephen O’Grady’s and my own takes on [...]

By: Java Programming News » Blog Archive » VMware’s Acquisition Of SpringSource Raises The Competitive Bar - JavaProNews.com

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:30:19 +0000

[...] Framework and related Spring products. Redmonk’s Stephen O’Grady subscribes to this view, using the MySQL acquisition by Sun as a proof point. I disagree because a framework is [...]

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:54:48 +0000

Some further thoughts on VMWare and Java from Billy Newport:

http://www.devwebsphere.com/devwebsphere/2009/08/why-java-is-so-important-to-vmware.html

By: People Over Process » Numbers, Volume 23

People Over Process » Numbers, Volume 23 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:43:27 +0000

[...] plenty of VMWare buying SpringSource commentary out there, including from Stephen O’Grady and [...]

By: VMWare Acquires Spring Source - Java Framework Giant - Cloud Computing Plans | Taranfx: Technology Blog

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:26:08 +0000

[...] Stephen O’Grady says it’s not just about the development and integration, but also about tooling: When (colleague Michael) Cote and I met with SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson at OSCON a few weeks ago, one of the primary topics of discussion was the development experience. This could wind up one of the unheralded benefits of the acquisition: Rod gets the tooling story. He understands that Microsoft, again, is setting the bar for the development experience by allowing its developers to localize the cloud environment via Visual Studio. With VMware’s virtualization capabilities, the tooling story for SpringSource could get very interesting vis a vis cloud development and deployment. [...]

By: VMware plus SpringSource, more hype than substance, today « rand($thoughts);

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:03:01 +0000

[...] Framework and related Spring products. Redmonk’s Stephen O’Grady subscribes to this view, using the MySQL acquisition by Sun as a proof point. I disagree because a framework is different [...]

By: Stormy (storming) 's status on Wednesday, 12-Aug-09 00:53:20 UTC - Identi.ca

Stormy (storming) 's status on Wednesday, 12-Aug-09 00:53:20 UTC - Identi.ca — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:54:29 +0000

[...] VMWare bought SpringSource. http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/08/11/vmware-springsource/ [...]