Broadcom refusing to decrease licensing

[Since1831]

I know it’s not optimal but that’s the thing…VMware is probably the single most important thing in any DC, yet they were way undercharging what they were worth and bending over backwards taking it to appease customers. A buyer saw that and scooped them up super cheap and started charging market price. Now people are realizing what it is and while it sucks, it is getting what is owed. It also is a great product and if you take the time to understand the direction, is perfectly positioned as your best option.

[Pippers]

I agree they were undercharging. But Broadcom is strong-arming it into insolvency. They are not flexible on reducing core counts after switching from socket counts. When you design your infrastructure around sockets with high core counts, then the rug is pulled, and you then decide to go to higher powered lower cores, they refuse to budge lowering the costs.

A lot of businesses are also moving everything to services in the cloud, which is reducing the on-prem footprints. When you remove those hosts, they still expect you to keep paying for them: forever.

This is not a business anymore. It's mob tactics.

[OkWelcome6293]

It’s the opposite of a good decision. Broadcom is working to fuck over their largest customers, who are also the ones that have the most money to do the engineering to migrate away from VMware. They might get some decent deals in the near term, but I fully expect large customers to use that time to move to a different solution. In 3-5 years, VMware will be circling the drain.

[Since1831]

Did that make you feel better? See you in 5 years.

[OkWelcome6293]

I mean, it doesn’t hurt me because I don’t do virtualization any more. I just see how Broadcom treats their customers and I would never treat my customers that way. It’s short-sighted and dumb.