Internal rumor also had it that VMware got blindsided by Apple's M1 announcement (as opposed to Parallels, who got invited to do a demo at launch). As a former

Internal rumor also had it that VMware got blindsided by Apple's M1 announcement (as opposed to Parallels, who got invited to do a demo at launch). As a former employee (that admittedly only had indirect visibility into such things), relations between the two firms are generally not friendly.