re: @Hurting EMC
For me, a lot of the drivers for VMware solutions stem from consolidations and I have to say that a lot of this is arm in arm with consolidating storage.
Most customers I talk to internal storage with loads unused and inaccessible to other machines. The VMware solution lets me sell them a consolidate storage array with all the niceties of vMotion, DRS and HA.
Definitely doesn't hurt EMC per se, in my opinion (unless I'm selling a competitor like HP or IBM). Then it's not VMware hurting EMC, but their high prices.