VMWare was for sale in the first place because it is obviously not going to be the case in 10 years that every dentist’s office and car dealership needs 3-10 in

VMWare was for sale in the first place because it is obviously not going to be the case in 10 years that every dentist’s office and car dealership needs 3-10 instances of Windows Server in the closet. It makes sense to sell to someone who can extract as much value as possible from it on the way to zero.