VMware has gone whole hog and announced its own distribution of OpenStack called VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), which runs exclusively on VMware’s software.

VMware is in fact part of the OpenStack Foundation — a Gold member, on the same tier as Cisco and Dell — but the openness of OpenStack may mean different things to its vendors than to its users.

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Apr 16, 2013) - (OpenStack Summit) Canonical and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced a ...

Most VMware users “sort of yawn” when the topic is OpenStack, Pat Gelsinger told the Wall Street Journal (registration required): “It’s just not relevant to them.” Okay, I get it.

The total payment volume was US$228 billion. PayPal uses VMware’s server virtualization software. VMware actually sells its own version of OpenStack.

In VMware’s case, the setup process is handled via a 12-step wizard interface published through the VMware vSphere Web Client, alongside all the other common and familiar management tools for ...

And VMware’s current CEO, Pat Gelsinger, commented in August of 2013 that he saw OpenStack as being highly complementary to VMware and that his company would be building out additional support.

Regardless of its intentions, however, VMware will have to wait at least a few months (possibly October 19) for the OpenStack board to decide if it will be allowed to join.