It was an eventful first day at VMworld, highlighted by VMware CEO Paul Maritz’s keynote to thousands of attendees (about 19,000 are expected to attend over the week). For the geeks in attendance, Fusion-io capped off the day with a superhero-themed party featuring Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee and Apple Co-Founder/Fusion-io Chief Scientist Steve Wozniak. I didn’t see everything going on — I had work to do, after all — but here’s VMworld Day 1 as I experienced it outside the press room.
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1 / 13IMG_1214The exhibit hall's city-park-themed lounge area. -
2 / 13IMG_1213Chess, anyone? -
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5 / 13IMG_1222Streaming into Paul Maritz's keynote. -
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7 / 13IMG_1232A packed room for Paul Maritz. -
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10 / 13IMG_1218Nimbula's traveling demo rack. -
11 / 13IMG_20110829_205709Shirtless attendee walking across corn starch pool to win a prize at Fusion-io's party. -
12 / 13IMG_20110829_211232Stan Lee introduces ioCache. -
13 / 13IMG_20110829_211354Fusion-io Chief Scientist Steve Wozniak, CEO David Flynn and Stan Lee.

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