I'm still trying to work out VMWares strategy here.<p>So I assume they make most of their cash selling stuff like ESX/vSphere Server (Or whatever it is now called).  And they really seem to own the space (true MS shops will user Hyper-V and true OS shops Xen, but VMWare seems to be everywhere).<p>But what's with the aquisitions?
* Springsource - Java application stack
* Zimbra - Email platform<p>I understand they want to diversify the product line (esp if MS follow through and focus on Hyper-V), but I still don't really see where they are trying to go.  A kind of Semi-Private Cloud/P-a-a-s, with email hosting?  Anyone seeing what I'm missing?