The Ledger

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why aren't all 3 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

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Jonnala: VMware ESX hypervisor relies heavily on open-source software
“And guess what, JR, to your point, right, which is the next Cisco VMware sorry, VMware, that's open source too. I mean, literally, if you looked at how much of ESX is based on open source, It's just that, you know, they probably don't come out and claim it rig…”
Ramana Jonnala Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:59 a16z Podcast | Mobile Invades the Data Center
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Casado: VMware was the only software vendor in Gartner's hardware quadrant
“Number one, this is a hardware quadrant. It's the only pure play software company ever.”
Martin Casado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:40 a16z Podcast | Infrastructure... Is Everything
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VMware bought open-source SpringSource for over $400M
“SpringSource is like the most popular Java programming framework in the world, bought by VMware for pretty famous money, over four hundred million dollars as an open source project.”
James Waters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:52 a16z Podcast | Monetizing Open Source (Or, All Enterprise Software)
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