VMware acquires SpringSource

[Thuleman]

The Spring Framework is the leading enterprise Java programming model; currently supporting half of all enterprise Java projects and used by approximately two million developers worldwide. The Spring Framework provides a high productivity, lightweight programming environment that makes applications portable across open source and commercial application server environments from IBM, Oracle and others.

See: http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/springsource.html

Makes me a sad panda to see VMware go the Java way.
"Lightweight" and "Java" really don't belong in one paragraph, but meh, what can you do. I just hope this isn't a sign for things to come as far as new vCenter versions goes.

 

[lopoetve]

Well, to be honest, a great deal of the apps/tools already use Java. And, now you might see linux versions of things