I took a look at your proposal. Open source of course doesn't really mean anything because everything depends on the license. But what seems to be the ever present issue in the free software world is that people using proprietary solutions want that solution made free software. As long as people refuse to use free software as a matter of principle even if they have to work around some lost functionality, proprietary software vendors know they can keep things just the way they are by being one step ahead of any free software. Until freedom becomes the number one priority, users of proprietary software seeking open sourcing of their favorite product will always be seen by proprietary software vendors as beggars. »

Err ... If vmware is so polished why would they open source their engine ? If they are the superior virtualization technology what does open sourcing their engine bring them when the open source versions are judged by you as lacking polish ? And if you are so supportive of free software, why don't you give up the proprietary polish and work on polishing up the free software that's available ? And if you don't have polishing skills, why don't you help provide information that a user of free software would need if they don't want to run vmware ? Get real! »