&gt; <i>I&#x27;m not sure about the costs, but it might make for a compelling platform as a &#x27;private cloud&#x27; solution.</i><p>My assumption is that they will port Cloud Foundry and sell it under a name like &quot;BlueMix&#x2F;Z&quot;.<p>Disclaimer: I work for Pivotal, the major donor of engineering time to Cloud Foundry. I believe IBM is the second biggest donor of engineering time.