The Register’s click-inducing title Love vSphere? You’re going to have to love Flash too made me wince when I saw the title, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it’s a pretty even-handed look at the new web client and how it came into being.  I won’t spoil the whole thing, but here’s the conclusion:

VMware has done a spectacular job of delivering the first enterprise-class Flash application I have had the pleasure to use. The web client in vSphere 5 was an interesting toy that we collectively poked at, shrugged, and went back to the familiar C# client. This time the training wheels are off, and VMware doesn’t disappoint.

For those of you who install 5.1, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the web client.  My team has put a lot of work into this, and we’re continuing on it in the future.  Stay tuned for more announcements of research that my team is doing so that you can help us shape the future of vSphere and the vCloud Suite.