Um, VMWare sold in 2003 for USD$635m. Add nearly 15 years worth of inflation (plus current tech hype) and I’d say that was very much a successful “unicorn”. The

Um, VMWare sold in 2003 for USD$635m. Add nearly 15 years worth of inflation (plus current tech hype) and I’d say that was very much a successful “unicorn”. They were just recovering from the dot come bubble then. So valuations weren’t as lofty as many have been in recent years. https://www.cnet.com/news/emc-acquires-server-specialist-vmware/ https://www.cnet.com/news/emc-acquires-server-specialist-vmw...