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VMware customers may stay, but Broadcom could face backlash “for years to come” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Price hikes of over 2x widely expected under Broadcom’s VMware, survey finds

300 director-level IT workers making VMware decisions were questioned.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

European retailer here with >3000 stores in EU.

We recently decided to move away from VMware after the Broadcom "takeover". We have three scenarios to cover; datacenter setup, satellite offices (stand alone hosts) & hosting partners.

For stand alone it was an easy choice; proxmox. For datacenter; hyper-v. Hosting providers; VMware (their choice).

At the moment we are pushing our hosting providers for exit plans from VMware.

As a company we have taken the decision to not support Broadcom pricing structure if we can avoid it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Lmao don't go hyper v. Use Nutanix or something

Saying this as someone who is currently trying to get rid of hyperv internally

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Large companies telling broadcom to go suck a lemon, is definitely what can make a difference for the rest of us in the future... Definitely maybe, possibly make potential a difference.