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Wow, I'm impressed by your persistence. Have you worked with him or know him personally?

hangonhn 6y ago
I worked at VMware when Pat first became the CEO. Pat is very much an engineer. If you ever wanted an engineer as your CEO, then that's Pat. That comes with some goods and some not-so-greats. Pat isn't very inspiring, at least not when he first became CEO. But I always got the feeling that he genuinely love engineers and is more comfortable around them than anything else. I once hosted a fun little engineering challenge (building bridges out of spaghetti). It wasn't a fancy event -- just a bunch of engineers having fun. Pat actually agreed to come by to hand out the awards at the end. I left VMware partly because I've been there so long and partly because I wasn't excited about it anymore. I felt its best days were behind it. Well, Pat proved me wrong by a wide margin. If no-nonsense engineering is what you need to win, then Pat is the right person for the job. It's a good day for Intel I think.
- ra7 6y ago
  What does this mean for VMware? By all accounts, it seems like Pat was well liked at VMware.
  - huac 6y ago
    $VMW down 6.5%, $INTC up 7.5%, sounds like the market liked him at least
- effie 6y ago
  What are your thoughts on VMware? It seems they are too in decline...
  - jacques_chester 6y ago
    I work for VMware, via the Pivotal acquisition. My purely personal view is that VMware's second act has begun and it'll do well. Pat deserves some of the credit for accepting that Kubernetes would be the future of the business and throwing his weight behind it. There are aspects of Pat Gelsinger's leadership that I dislike, but they're orthogonal to his management style and foresight. He's been effective.
    - heimidal 6y ago
      I will echo this. After we were acquired, I was incredibly hesitant about Pat. Over the past year, I’ve come to believe he is an excellent leader who has fantastic vision and insight even if we disagree on many things. I’d be incredibly happy to have him if I were an Intel employee.
  - ridruejo 6y ago
    We will be fine. Pat is a great leader and this is a net loss though

I worked at VMware when Pat first became the CEO. Pat is very much an engineer. If you ever wanted an engineer as your CEO, then that's Pat. That comes with some goods and some not-so-greats. Pat isn't very inspiring, at least not when he first became CEO. But I always got the feeling that he genuinely love engineers and is more comfortable around them than anything else. I once hosted a fun little engineering challenge (building bridges out of spaghetti). It wasn't a fancy event -- just a bunch of engineers having fun. Pat actually agreed to come by to hand out the awards at the end. I left VMware partly because I've been there so long and partly because I wasn't excited about it anymore. I felt its best days were behind it. Well, Pat proved me wrong by a wide margin. If no-nonsense engineering is what you need to win, then Pat is the right person for the job. It's a good day for Intel I think.

ra7 6y ago
What does this mean for VMware? By all accounts, it seems like Pat was well liked at VMware.
- huac 6y ago
  $VMW down 6.5%, $INTC up 7.5%, sounds like the market liked him at least
effie 6y ago
What are your thoughts on VMware? It seems they are too in decline...
- jacques_chester 6y ago
  I work for VMware, via the Pivotal acquisition. My purely personal view is that VMware's second act has begun and it'll do well. Pat deserves some of the credit for accepting that Kubernetes would be the future of the business and throwing his weight behind it. There are aspects of Pat Gelsinger's leadership that I dislike, but they're orthogonal to his management style and foresight. He's been effective.
  - heimidal 6y ago
    I will echo this. After we were acquired, I was incredibly hesitant about Pat. Over the past year, I’ve come to believe he is an excellent leader who has fantastic vision and insight even if we disagree on many things. I’d be incredibly happy to have him if I were an Intel employee.
- ridruejo 6y ago
  We will be fine. Pat is a great leader and this is a net loss though