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A pod of former VMware engineers armed with OpenStack and $4.5m in venture cash have thrown their hats into the ring against Amazon’s AWS. The virty giant’s ex-coders have removed their company, Platform9, from startup mode, announcing they’d landed the money from Redpoint Ventures. Manning Platform9 are Sirish Raghuram, …

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  1. MyffyW Silver badge

    Best of luck

    I suspect they'll need it, but I wish them well.

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    So essentially...

    ...all they've got is a few people, a stash of cash, and a half-baked product? Better get busy then!

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      Re: So essentially...

      ...and an exit strategy. Never forget the exit strategy.

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