VMware Kills Off 56 Products (www.thestack.technology)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Holy shit.

    We've invested heavily in vSAN over the past few years, and use or are looking at a few of those tools. I guess 'were looking at' is a better term now.

    You had a good run, VMware, but apparently it's fucking over now.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    As soon as the purchase was made public the fortune 50 company I work for ran as fast as possible to VARs looking for alternatives. It will take us 5 years to migrate off, but I've never seen such a universal desire to jump to another product inside a company this large. Broadcom is universally known to do nothing but milk and kill what they aquire.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/96168

    These products are not being scrapped, they're ending perpetual licensing. Broadcom wants all customers under a subscription model to milk the most money out of them.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Broadcom***

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