I really don't get into the purchasing end of software products, so I'm not normally concerned as to what comes with which suite or bundle of software.
One of our sales reps recently mentioned that ESXi 5.x is a wholly separate product from the vSphere Suite. He did mention, however, that at one point there was a split and that the vSphere Suite originally included ESXi.
Is this true? And if so, what was the timeline for when this took place?
Thx.