It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer
www.theregister.com
Computershare CTO says he got a bill 15 times his previous quote
  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    “We want to focus on keeping our large customers”

    Loses large customers

    Surprised pikachu face

    • Kushan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      It’s entirely possible that 24,000 VM’s didn’t count as “large” by VMWare standards.

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Steve McDowell, chief analyst at NAND research, told The Register that VMware by Broadcom is “laser focused on high-revenue, high-margin business” and has priced its wares “just below the pain threshold for customers they care about.”

    Interesting way to word “we charged as much as we could possibly get away with”

    • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      That analyst doesn’t work for Broadcom; it’s a third party. It could say, “they charged as much as they could possibly get away with” but I think “prices just below the pain threshold” is stronger language in a business setting.

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Good.

    My VPS provider also migrated away from VMWare - got an email saying VMs would be down temporarily during the move, and the main website no longer contains any references to the virtualization tech. I miss my /64 IPV6 😭 but i’ll happily give that up if it means Broadcom’s dumpster fire comes crashing down as big customers pull the plug and migrate

  • redhorsejacket@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I don’t understand diddly about the specifics of this article (I’m a member of the normie minority on this site who is neither working in IT, nor interested in the field), but I gotta say, I loved how it was structured and written. In a sea of AI generated crap, or simply parroting talking heads and calling it news, I found the way they laid out the article in two parts ("this is what happened, followed by “this is our subjective opinion on those events based on the wider context”) to be very refreshing.

  • plactagonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It will be probably more. I talked with sysadmin from some smaller provider in my country few months ago. And he told me that the migration will take them for most systems about 2 years (depreciation of hardware) and for some machines about 5 years.

    So lot of customers are in process of replacing it but it will take multiple years.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Many SMBs will walk away at next server refresh.

      VMware is walking dead.

      We’re currently testing Nutanix and Proxmox for smaller clients.

      Proxmox support is similar (~65%) in cost to VMware licensing, but it’s not likely to pull this sudden increase BS. Plus it’s capabilities are significant for SMB.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I wouldn’t be afraid to use Proxmox for small and middle size business. It’s solid and based on solid, opensource tech. As long as people make sure they get paid, I’m sure they’ll get even better.

        Good on you for making sure your clients pay for support, that’s how opensource thrives.