VMware With AMD, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Novell, Red Hat and Others to Forge Open Virtualization Standards

VMware will also be releasing some sourcecode, albeit only to a select few:

VMware announced that it will provide its partners access to VMware ESX Server source code and interfaces under a new program called VMware Community Source

Replace “it’s partners” with “people with more money than me” to find out exactly who will get to see the source.

The absence of Microsoft among the supporters is disappointing, but not surprising.