VMware: What will Dell from its war booty?

Why Dell put a spoke in the wheels of VMware? VMware is a bonus for Dell, and I think they are very proud. EMC, like Dell, was an empire builder and bought six dozen companies since 1996 in the areas of storage, storage management, virtualization, services, security and content management . The portfolio of Dell hardware side, software and service has increased to the point that it is now a real competitor to IBM. And I think the continuity of customers for that business activity is a top priority. To my knowledge, Dell never had the culture of burnt land. In response to another statement by Ms. Whitman: "By joining two portfolios, it will streamline the supply of products, which will disrupt the business and create confusion for their customers Customers simply will not know. whether the products they buy today will still be supported in the next 18 months. " There, I agree. Remember Compaq, Autonomy, and Palm ... Oh! Wait! Sorry, it was not Dell. OK, so actually I do not agree. I think Dell will continue support for EMC products. Of course it will rebrand these products, merge those it makes sense to merge, and maybe even throw some overboard in the same movement, but I expected that supports Dell customers.