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A 12 months back when I wrote that previous Microsoft manager — and current VMware CEO – Paul Maritz was getting the old band back together,Office Pro Plus 2007, I had no idea how many members would end up reuniting.Maritz is now CEO of VMware. Another previous Softie, Charles Fitzgerald,Office Standard 2010, is now Vice President of Product Management with Decho, a startup that encompasses Maritz;s former Pi Corp. And on January 6,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, VMware announced yet another previous member of the old Microsoft gang — Tod Neilsen — is now Chief Operating Officer with VMware.Nielsen;s been around. Most recently he was President and CEO of Borland Software. Before that, he did stints with Oracle and BEA Systems. (BEA bought his company Crossgain — a company which put him in Microsoft;s non-compete crosshairs for a bit.) At Microsoft, where he worked for 12 years, Neilsen held a number of positions, including,Windows 7 Enterprise Key, according to the VMWare press release, general manager of database and developer tools, vice president of developer tools,Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate, and, vice president of Microsoft’s platform group.Maritz, Fitzgerald and Neilsen all figured (to varying degrees of public prominence) in Microsoft;s antitrust trial inside the U.S. inside the late 1990s.What do you see happening within the Microsoft vs. VMware virtualization contest within the coming yr? Will a bunch of previous Softies be the right crew to keep VMware ahead of Microsoft in the virtalization space?