Here's what the hubbub is about (go see Danita's blog for the exact email at
VMWare/Zimbra is using a JPG of an old wiki page, removed the disclaimer noting that the site is not an official Novell site and is instead a wiki page for the solutions community. They've lied outright about no new versions of GroupWise being on the horizon and that GroupWise 8 support ends November 17, 2011. GroupWise 8 General Support doesn't end until 2012, with extended support until 2013. And GroupWise 2012 (a.k.a. Ascot) is already in public beta and was well received at BrainShare.
To top it off, the wiki that the original Zimbra email points to has been updated, so they resorted to using the old screenshot of the page rather than the direct link and resending the email.
I like VMWare and I did like Zimbra, but I abhore these types of marketing practices. I am strongly leaning towards leaving VMWare out of the sponsors list of the next big event that I plan, and instead will let Microsoft and Novell represent their product lines unencumbered. Including their respective virtualization product lines. We may be a small group, but we're a vocal group.
VMWare you may be the big dog right now, but take a page from IBM and don't think that you'll never be toppled by a smaller dog. Look at where Microsoft is in comparison to IBM now.
I hope the marketing team and execs at VMWare are hanging their heads in shame - as they rightly should. Bad dog, VMWare, bad, bad, bad dog!
In fact I hate to refer to them as a dog...my dog's know better than to behave like this. Heck, even the high-and-mighty Queen Tink (all 6 lbs. of her) knows better.
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