links for 2007-08-16 Posted on 2007-08-16 by Marc San Jose Mercury News – VMware IPO: Silicon Valley giant is born Stock soared 76 percent, eclipsing Google’s 18 percent first-day gain. VMware’s value at closing was $19.1 billion – ranking it as Silicon Valley’s third-largest home-grown software company after Oracle and Adobe Systems (tags: vmware ipo)