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A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware
“We loved VMware, and then when Broadcom bought ‘em, we hated ‘em.”…
Biggs said that Broadcom has started to discount some subscriptions, with price increases going from seven- or eightfold to three- or fourfold, or "sometimes a little bit less.” This could pressure customers to commit to VMware while terms are more favorable than they might be in the future. This includes acquisition of new software licenses and/or cloud expenses, hardware purchases (compute, storage), early termination costs related to the existing virtual environment, application testing/quality assurance, and test equipment. Ditching or sticking with VMware both have long-lasting implications; migrations are onerous and pricey, but life under Broadcom will be expensive, with potential future bumps and twists.
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