If VMware's(s vmw) application to join the OpenStack Foundation is approved, it could mean several things for the server virtualization kingpin.
First, it adds more weight to the argument that VMware "gets" open source. Last month, news of its acquisition of Nicira, an OpenStack contributor, showed that VMware might be more receptive to joining forces with -- or at least giving lip service to -- the OpenStack open-source cloud initiative.
