The CEO of the $8 billion company that escaped Dell's grasp says that Michael Dell is 'cheering us on' (VMW)

On Monday, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger made his first public appearance since Dell announced that it wouldn't be reverse-merging with the company after all. He can't help but smile when asked about how VMware wiggled out of Dell's grasp. He believes that everyone walked away happy with the alternative deal that Dell agreed to: going public in a deal paid for by VMware, but that leaves VMware independent. As for talking to Intel about the CEO job, he repeated, "I'm very happy running VMware." VMware...