{"id":10675,"date":"2010-06-18T13:46:54","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T13:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10675"},"modified":"2010-06-18T13:46:54","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T13:46:54","slug":"are-vmware-getting-desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10675","title":{"rendered":"Are VMware Getting Desperate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received this spam email from a VMware sales rep.&#160; It was sent to a mail list &lt;undisclosed recipients&gt;:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI tried to call you this morning in relation to your interest in our virtualization technology. I just wanted to know if you have any virtualization projects at present, or planned for the future. 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