Why in the world would chipmaker Broadcom be interested in VMware?
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VMware
2%.VMware
CA Technologies
Symantec
perspective?Patrick Moorhead
Moor Insights & Strategies
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Those are very different animals from VMware, which is still a viable company and not some dinosaur with a portfolio of licensing deals on the books that a company like Broadcom can take advantage of.So why is the deal in the offing, given the apparent lack of fit from a high-level perspective?Patrick Moorhead, founder and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategies, said it’s not just our lack of imagination: There really isn’t much connective tissue between the two companies.
As said here by Ron Miller, Alex Wilhelm