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<p>Spring (previously known as SpringSource) was a software company founded by <a href="/facts/Rod_Johnson_(programmer)/TSnfTrTF">Rod Johnson</a>, who also created the <a href="/facts/Spring_Framework/ajIwLM73">Spring Framework</a>, an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Application_framework/xSzKMgdn">application framework</a> for enterprise <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> applications. <a href="/facts/VMware/lKHGULx3">VMware</a> purchased Spring for $420 million in August 2009. </p>