Just spotted this BBC report this morning that has VMWare valued at $11 billion! I knew the company was popular, but I didn't think it would be valued just as high as that. That is a serious piece of change. The company is turning over around $1 billion a year in revenue.

I have to confess to being a customer; it is the second piece of software (after Trillian) that I have ever actually paid for, but VMWare Workstation really does rock. With the wonders of Open Source, you really have to justify desktop software purchases these days.

Read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6945454.stm