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VMware’s UK boss has insisted it was his decision to quit Virtzilla to pursue pastures new and spend more time with his young family. David Phull left VMware on Friday, but sources claimed he had meetings still booked in his diary and that his exit seemed abrupt, with no permanent replacement lined up. A spokeswoman at the …

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  1. phuzz Silver badge
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    'In a statement to the media today, Mr Phull asked for patience at this difficult time; "I've been lying to my friends, I've been lying to my family, but mainly I've been lying to myself. Now is the time to come clean, I just prefer Azur."

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    But I thought the virtualised cloud made everything wonderful

    Computers run themselves, automation takes care of everything - no wonder he can take time out like the rest of us in IT, it's all working on it's own without any time and effort from competent IT people.

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    1. Flakk
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      Re: But I thought the virtualised cloud made everything wonderful

      There's no such thing as "The Cloud". It's just other people's servers.

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: But I thought the virtualised cloud made everything wonderful

        Whooosh. The sound of that being the obvious joke flying right over the head...

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      2. PM from Hell
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        Re: But I thought the virtualised cloud made everything wonderful

        Why the Joke Icon

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  3. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge
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    Don't worry Mr Phull

    We'll all be joining you soon. All the UK IT Jobs will be done by:-

    1) AI Systems

    2) Robots

    3) Gone to S. Asia.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Don't worry Mr Phull

      3b) Where they will be performed by 1 or 2.

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      1. TheBorg
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        Re: Don't worry Mr Phull

        Don't you mean 20 and still no decision making ability :)

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    2. phuzz Silver badge
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      Re: Don't worry Mr Phull

      What if I wrap myself in tin-foil and pretend to be a robot?

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Everybody in the software industry knows "pursue new endeavours and spend more time with his family" means his departure wasn't through choice.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Even if that choice was the constant nagging from the wife "You're never here, it always just me with the kids, you need to be here more, keep the magic money tree flowing as I like that and see no correlation between you not being here and the money I like to spend..."

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