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GemFire came from VMware. Spring purchased[1] GemStone (which owned gemfire) while they were a division of VMware. RabbitMQ also came from VMware by way of Spring[2].

[1] https://spring.io/blog/2010/05/06/springsource-to-acquire-ge...

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20100418132113/http://www.rabbit...

I didn't know that! An interesting history.

RabbitMQ was its own startup for a number of years (I think called "Rabbit Technologies") before it got the attention of the SpringSource/VMWare crew.

How disruptive have the ownership changes been over the last few years? From going public now back to private?

ANY thoughts on the strategic value if PVTL under the VMware umbrella? Already close partners will the acquisition really make any difference?