No company wants to pay 3x the amount they were before broadcom took them over.
Its clear broadcom wants the IP, not to maintain the software. they are an IP holding company, not innovative at all.
Personally Nutanix is a great option, it has one big hangup, not all OVAs work on it. if the OVA requires an answer file to work, then it will not work.
It uses QCOW2 file format, which is converted by Nutanix Move application, and as long as you have root access to the VM, for the drivers to be installed, then
Broadcom did some basic math when they bought VMWare. X was the cost of the acquisition, and Y was how much money they'd make by overcharging VM Ware's existing customers before those customers actually left.
VMWare knew companies would leave if they jacked up the prices, but they didn't care, because they also knew Y would ultimately wind up being greater than X by the time everyone actually left (changing virtualization platforms doesn't happen overnight, and companies tend to drag t
A lot of companies are certainly kicking them to the curb. There are other options. The mobility and remote access pieces wound up with KKR as Omnissa. I'm continuing to consume those as KKR understands they'll never get their return on investment if they chase away their customers.
Broadcom found a great niche to run their game - virtualization is one of the harder foundational tools to move out from under. It is like they found a way to tax data center floor space.
But that only lasts until people can move. Long enough to earn Tan a really nice chunk of change, and probably also long enough to make VMWare a tiny niche player.
Its clear broadcom wants the IP, not to maintain the software. they are an IP holding company, not innovative at all.
Personally Nutanix is a great option, it has one big hangup, not all OVAs work on it. if the OVA requires an answer file to work, then it will not work.
It uses QCOW2 file format, which is converted by Nutanix Move application, and as long as you have root access to the VM, for the drivers to be installed, then
No, they wanted money.
Broadcom did some basic math when they bought VMWare. X was the cost of the acquisition, and Y was how much money they'd make by overcharging VM Ware's existing customers before those customers actually left.
VMWare knew companies would leave if they jacked up the prices, but they didn't care, because they also knew Y would ultimately wind up being greater than X by the time everyone actually left (changing virtualization platforms doesn't happen overnight, and companies tend to drag t
For home labs and smaller businesses, Proxmox seems to be just fine.
A lot of companies are certainly kicking them to the curb. There are other options. The mobility and remote access pieces wound up with KKR as Omnissa. I'm continuing to consume those as KKR understands they'll never get their return on investment if they chase away their customers.
But that only lasts until people can move. Long enough to earn Tan a really nice chunk of change, and probably also long enough to make VMWare a tiny niche player.