Some months ago I wrote first time about Vmware. Now the company's directors agreed to an offer from EMC worth $ 635 million. The company received an investment from Veritas worth $5 million and $20 million in a round led by Dell in 2000. Microsoft also tried to negotiate an acquisition of VMWare a while ago, but VMWare turned down the offer.

Thanks Tobias for helping me to correct the wrong investment figures!