Sphere 3D Corp (ANY)

[derek32smith]

Donk, I know you have a Twitter account and follow @pbookman.

So, I know you read his tweet dated 2016-02-10 at 8:57am in response to @plauder and copying @sbramfitt, @petehermannn1 saying:

"We offer some powerful and unique offerings within VMware Horizon including GW and DCO. More coming"

Let's be clear that at no time did I fabricate anything or put words in his mouth at any time or in any forum or media. I quoted Peter Bookman verbatim, and asked for clarification. In fact, as I said in my earlier post, I also copied and pasted a picture of his tweet. There was no possible way to misquote him, fabricate a false statement or put words in his mouth.

There is a significant difference between what Eric Kelly accurately described as "integrated" and what Bookman claimed in his tweet. If Glassware and DCO were "within Horizon" as claimed by Bookman, it would mean that Sphere would receive revenue from VMware, possibly an upfront payment and on-going royalties every time VMware's massive marketing machine made a sale. As a VMware TAP partner that has integrated its software with Horizon to build a Sphere branded solution, the burden is still on Sphere to successfully compete for business, and deliver sales against competitors like Dell, Nutanix and others.

I asked for clarification and got more obfuscation. If he made a simple error, then it should've been a simple matter to rectify it by saying "VMware does not use Glassware and DCO, we use Horizon in our V3 appliance".

I suggest you watch the original VMware Horizon video, and the subsequent Sphere video featuring Eric Kelly. And try not to listen with "happy ears" this time. Again, I suggest that this is good news for Sphere and a good move on their part to update their appliance technology.