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The Future Of Virtualization: Page 2 of 2

VMware fell somewhere in between. It doesn't have a solution now, and while it does see the potential for a solution coming from it's third party developers, this is the sort of thing that VMware wants to own.

Each of the vendors recognized that the hypervisor is on its way to becoming a commodity - though they disagree on whether we're headed for a single one, or a handful. The fight now has moved to the management layer, which should make for some interesting changes product pricing and licensing.