That's not a correct interpretation either; it's noted in the linked article that GCE uses a proprietary VMM instead of QEMU which itself was "ripped out" of th

That's not a correct interpretation either; it's noted in the linked article that GCE uses a proprietary VMM instead of QEMU which itself was "ripped out" of the standard KVM+QEMU arrangement. I probably would have chosen gentler phrasing.