Comments on: Microsoft attacks VMware with poker chips http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/channel-marker/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chips/ A SearchITChannel.com blog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Microsoft pushes on despite Hyper-V ban at VMworld » SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Americas http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/channel-marker/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chips/#comment-715 Microsoft pushes on despite Hyper-V ban at VMworld » SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Americas Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:48:11 +0000 http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/16/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chip/#comment-715 [...] VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas, Microsoft did some guerrilla marketing to promote Hyper-V 1.0 by handing out poker chips with negative messages about VMware. I’m sure we’ll see more of the same at the Moscone Center [...] [...] VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas, Microsoft did some guerrilla marketing to promote Hyper-V 1.0 by handing out poker chips with negative messages about VMware. I’m sure we’ll see more of the same at the Moscone Center [...]

]]> By: VMworld 2009 contract verbiage causes kerfuffle - SearchServerVirtualization Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/channel-marker/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chips/#comment-700 VMworld 2009 contract verbiage causes kerfuffle - SearchServerVirtualization Blog Fri, 29 May 2009 14:34:29 +0000 http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/16/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chip/#comment-700 [...] Simko said the new language wasn’t directed at companies such as Vkernel, but possibly at Microsoft, whose actions at VMworld 2008 raised quite a few [...] [...] Simko said the new language wasn’t directed at companies such as Vkernel, but possibly at Microsoft, whose actions at VMworld 2008 raised quite a few [...]

]]> By: Microsoft: With vSphere, now we’re even cheaper than VMware! - SearchServerVirtualization Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/channel-marker/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chips/#comment-690 Microsoft: With vSphere, now we’re even cheaper than VMware! - SearchServerVirtualization Blog Tue, 05 May 2009 14:53:33 +0000 http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/16/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chip/#comment-690 [...] judging by some VMware users’ comments I overheard, Microsoft’s constant “VMware costs way too much” messaging may finally be hitting home — and that should be concerning for VMware, [...] [...] judging by some VMware users’ comments I overheard, Microsoft’s constant “VMware costs way too much” messaging may finally be hitting home — and that should be concerning for VMware, [...]

]]> By: Microsoft’s ‘embarassing’ Hyper-V vs. VMware video - SearchServerVirtualization Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/channel-marker/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chips/#comment-684 Microsoft’s ‘embarassing’ Hyper-V vs. VMware video - SearchServerVirtualization Blog Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:32:08 +0000 http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/16/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chip/#comment-684 [...] that they need to win people over with actual products and features — not smarmy videos or guerrilla marketing [...] [...] that they need to win people over with actual products and features — not smarmy videos or guerrilla marketing [...]

]]> By: Jason Willey http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/channel-marker/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chips/#comment-642 Jason Willey Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:13:22 +0000 http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/16/microsoft-attacks-vmware-with-poker-chip/#comment-642 This looks like a prank to me. The biggest reason I doubt this is for real is that the domain isn't registered to Microsoft, but to an individual. I'd be curious to see if anyone at Microsoft admits to being behind it. If it is a prank.. looks like an expensive one. This looks like a prank to me. The biggest reason I doubt this is for real is that the domain isn’t registered to Microsoft, but to an individual.

I’d be curious to see if anyone at Microsoft admits to being behind it. If it is a prank.. looks like an expensive one.

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