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

mojoaar , 23 days ago

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 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.

BigDanishGuy , 23 days 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.

Evotech , 23 days 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