Comments on: VMware CTO Herrod leaves to join VC firm http://gigaom.com/2013/01/16/vmware-cto-herrod-leaves-to-join-vc-firm/ Sat, 18 May 2013 10:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gary http://gigaom.com/2013/01/16/vmware-cto-herrod-leaves-to-join-vc-firm/#comment-1299980 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:03:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=601780#comment-1299980 “The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” – Charles De Gaulle

Sometimes new blood is a good thing. Even in the tech industry. ;-)

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VMware’s CTO leaving is a concern from a strategic perspective. I liked the push into other areas outside of their bread and butter. I believe it would have ultimately brought innovation to their core x86 products. I’m having a difficult time figuring out how VMware’s infrastructure focus moves to an application centered product model without a platform. They have sold us on Applications as the focus of Cloud. I just don’t know how VMware plans to get us there now without these visionaries.

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