VMware's Cloud Foundry opens PaaS

The offering, called Cloud Foundry, is open in other ways as so then. Developers can use it in conjunction with any public or private cloud environment, even those that don't use VMware's innovation. They can as well choose from among a variety of application infrastructure services.

Because VMware hasn't outlined pricing details but, Cote sounded a bit skeptical about whether Cloud Foundry will be in point of fact open. PaaS providers typically lock users into some component so the vendor can earn revenue from each installation. It appears that VMware is trying to build a very large environment with hopes of earning revenue only from specific types of uses.

What they're doing for the time being

"I hope that's what they're doing for the time being: The bad thing would be for their business folks to worry about monetizing every single Cloud Foundry instance," he said.

Nancy Gohring covers mobile phones and cloud computing for The IDG News Service. Follow Nancy on Twitter at @idgnancy. Nancy's e-mail address is Nancy_Gohring@idg.com

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