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What does ESX stand for?

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Posted: 04 Feb, 2008
by: Troen L.
Updated: 26 Jul, 2008
by: Troen L.
ESX is an acronym for Elastic Sky X
GSX is an acronym for Ground Storm X

Both names were confirmed by VMware employee JMills in this thread: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/20538
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