The End of an Era at VMware

Mendel Rosenblum’s exit this week from VMware marks the end of an era–both for the company and virtualization software as a whole. Co-founder and chief scientist at VMware, Mr. Rosenblum brought the company to life with his wife, Diane Greene, who served as chief executive until she was fired in July. True enough, there were three other VMware founders–two of whom remain at the company–but Mr. Rosenblum and Ms. Greene were the public face of the virtualization start-up turned virtualization kingpin. They personified the Silicon Valley experience of brainy engineers outflanking the suits.

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