~!!~As the authors explain, EMC and Elliott had agreed that Elliott would hold off on making public comments about EMC through September// But now Elliott has agreed to remain silent until October 21st, according to remarks from two unnamed sources the authors cite//©
~!!~In response to the report, Wells Fargo*s Maynard Um, who has an Outperform rating, wrote in a note to clients late yesterday, opines the company should think about selling things it can do without, but should not give up its majority ownership of VMware//©