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VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is a developer of virtualization software. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Palo Alto, California. The name "VMware" comes from the acronym "VM", meaning "virtual machine", while ware comes from second part of "software". VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. VMware's enterprise software, VMware ESX Server, runs directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system. This is known as... full article at wikipedia
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  • 703,900,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2006
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  • 187,200,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2006
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  • 33,000,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2007
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  • VMW
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