An Update on VMworld Europe
I totally agree with Tom. I hope this is not one of the first steps in quitting VMworld Europe alltogether.
A lot of items presented on VMworld in SF will be out in the open before VMworld Europe.
Why should I want to visit VMworld Europe for other than the networking and the touch&feel/labs?
"This is the most stupid thing to come out of VMware for a while". Totally d'accord. Half IT of Austria was flying to Cannes because of the great event, networking and the touch&feel/labs? And mostly after the announcement in SFO, you saw there the software with the first service packs really stable. Hey guys, I will miss that and no ... I don't fly an 18 hours flight to SFO. I will "really !" miss the first sun rays at the beach of cannes giving you a breeze of the upcoming spring & summer.
Vmware World Europe 2008 in Cannes 4500 attendies
Vmware World Europe 2009 in Cannes 5000 attendies (Hint: the crisis year)
Marketing, are you there ?
So, in my mind I wanted to dive into Vmware View 4 next month in Cannes, but ...

This is the most stupid thing to come out of VMware for a while. where is the incentive for the smaller vendors to visit Cannes. after being to San Fran. all the announcements will have been made at VMworld USA. in fact it is more likely cheaper for the majority Europeans to visit San Fran than Cannes.
VMware Marketing Good Idea Department #Fail