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A comment on Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to replace him.

Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by roomey on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:16AM (#25762173)
No harm to VMware on this I think. As it pushes into SAAS it really does need a big shake up. Not that Pat wasn't good, but it is an old company with a lot of inertia, some fresh blood and fresh ideas could really be beneficial.

Hopefully the next CEO is as committed to all the other stuff, like treating the employees very good and the community stuff. The best bit of the company isn't the tech at all (in my opinion)

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Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by samaxe on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:52PM (#25765556)
They need to get out from under Dell’s thumb. Until then no new CEO will bring significant changes.
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Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by roomey on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @04:35PM (#25768264)
I'm not sure I agree with that. I've been there now over 8 years and the only difference since Dell bought emc is they are cross selling. In terms of product development, staffing, benefits etc they have no influence. This is in opposition to EMC, who had a lot of benefits and nice things like free coffee cut to match with dell.
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Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by ghaff on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:27PM (#25766055)
>but it is an old company

That makes me feel old given that I first spoke with them as an analyst before ESX Server came out :-)

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