Open source is not suitable for VMware

Article Title: open-source is not suitable for VMware. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

The great success of the IPO has also led VMware to take significant responsibilities. At the same time, many meaningless things are coming soon.

VMware may be able to handle meaningless things in the office, but it cannot handle the source code of its technology. We asked if the company could do something unusual, such as opening up its flagship technology source code. But Greene bluntly rejected our proposal.

Greene tells us: "We are still constantly injecting more innovative elements into our hypervisor. As long as we have innovations, Open Source is not the most appropriate model. "

"What we want to do is to arm ourselves with new technical elements. If you are fully open-source, you cannot create new technical elements. "

Greene also said that VMware would like to share its API (application interface) with its partners and would like to launch a free version of VMware's flagship server virtualization software.

We always believe that VMware, as a proprietary software vendor, will eventually lead the way. Some of VMware's charm comes from adding flexibility to the data center and threatening Microsoft's position. If VMware's popularity and advantages keep increasing, the company will become closer and closer to Microsoft.

In addition, VMware is surrounded by a strong computer science atmosphere. Most people in the computer science field we interviewed tend to use open-source software. This is why Xen was under great pressure before the launch of open-source software. Why should you jump out of this group when you may become an open-source competitive model?

Of course, Greene now has the right to determine the next strategy based on your company's preferences. VMware does not have to stimulate people's interest in its products and endure meaningless things in the open-source trend.

Greene believes that there is no possibility of more innovations in the open-source mode. I'm sure that companies like Sun or even Red Hat are not happy with the idea of Greene. Sun and Red Hat are constantly striving to "create new technical elements" and want to make profits.

You will see an open-source technology provider from Sun, hoping that your new technology will become an important weight for users who pull new Linux technologies. Therefore, Will VMware open source its technical source code? We are skeptical about this.