Despite the statement, Gelsinger also said that OpenStack is an important strategic initiative for VMware that it is committed to supporting. VMware will work to ensure its products and services work in cloud environments based on the open source platform. And in that sense, Gelsinger says OpenStack is opening up a whole new opportunity for VMware to penetrate the service provider market, which is he says the company has not focused heavily on in the past. "We're seeing (OpenStack) as an opportunity to extend our position," Gelsinger said.