Companies have two choices:

Remove VMware entirely and stop using it.

Or

Make sure you are using your perpetual seats to the letter of the agreement then let them audit you.

It's your choice.

Just beware. Old Java prior to 2019 may be free but if you have so much as one copy installed you have to pay for everyone in your organization

These cartels are shaking you down and you must eliminate them entirely

I bet a dollar there are timebombs.

The free Autocad clone Draftsight, free as in beer, didn't advertise their time bomb but they basically had a certificate expire in the application that forced all old versions to stop working.

Essentially killed the free beer with no workaround. A devilish way to ensure people can't keep using it for free.

Software companies want control and will do anything to keep it . For revenue.

People will be fired....

Still in service as a daily driver. From 2005 acquired used in 2011. Windows 7, 12 gb ram and 15k rpm scsi drive for boot.

At work I continue to run two of these Unix workstations, one is AIX running 6.3L and the other is UP UX 11.11i (but this system is mothballed).

Ford continued to support Unix until 2013 or 2014 and as a result we were continuing to use our workstation that cost well over $25k on with supported CAD to boot. Once ford dropped Unix it all moved to Windows.

I maintain the systems to this day and there are still some customers who use the Unix programs (I-DEAS formerly from SCRC) for their CAD but it's basically dead.

One has to remember these systems had 8/16 GB Ram in 2003-2005 when Windows systems capped at 3 or 4 GB Depending on the application and this is why Unix was favored, but monolithic enterprise slowness caused Unix support to drag on another full 10 years.

CAD Vendors have all dropped Unix support save for a couple who maintain SOME: Dassault CATIA and related tools support IBM AIX and Power 8/9 platforms, but only for the back end. Some tools support Linux for the back end but for front end nothing is supported. OSX has some support, namely with Autocad and Draftsight (Autocad clone) but most CAD support for OSX are for viewers only not full blown CAD tools. I would hope that OSX carries the torch for Unix Workstation performance but Apple's insistence on changing and dropping older hardware, architectures, and application lock in seem to make CAD vendors think twice about spending millions to port their code over to OSX - even though some of their code bases began and are still maintained as Unix based.

Lastly, Linux support for most CAD tools is all but dead on the GUI side, only back end processing/FEA is Linux supported. The last vendor dropped Linux support for GUI CAD tools in 2018 or so. Too many splinter distributions of Linux to maintain therefore they're out.

Unfortunately this is not yet true. You're right that MacOS/OSX Is the closest thing to commercial unix that we have today WITH software support from vendors.

The problem is, on the CAD side, virtually no one supports OSX yet and what support there is is not full blown CAD tools. Only Autodesk supports full blown OSX tools right now, all other vendors at best support a viewer.

Which is funny, beause both CATIA and Siemens NX (formner Unigraphics) have portable code bases written and maintained as Unix compatible but almost all Unix support is gone. Some CATIA applications are still supported on AIX and Power 8 Power 9 processors but that's it....

everyone else has dropped Unix like a hot potato. Even tenuous Linux support (NX supported Linux until V12) is gone.

So amazon can increase wages by $5000/year/person and keep them instead?

Fuels are already carbon taxed in Canada.

He's back - or is this a paid placement???

Ouch. America has a serious problem.

Why won't america fix it?

groups.io

created by the founder of Egroups.. who sold it to Yahoo... and became Yahoo groups.

CCLEANER was a great tool back in the day and still sees some use. The problem? Ccleaner retroactively changed their license agreement and is no longer free for commercial use. So beware - if you have used it / installed it in a commercial environment you'll be paying for it, once you get audited...this is especially true for large corporations who are audited on the regular. REMOVE all ccleaner instances in your company unless you don't mind paying for it :)

I Recommend BleachBit instead - free, open source, and no malware attempts

I have a 15 year old De,l PC, in the modern 64 bit world that works "just fine" (tm). 6 GB memory, 2 CPU (physical), 15K RPM SCSI.. a beast Slashdot readers would drool over 15 years ago.. now it's just as old as ... Slashdot HAHAH

anyway it's not very quick with start-up so I just put it to sleep.. every time I'm done with it. Only sees an hour or two of use per day. This way, I don't waste power nor wear and tear on the equipment.

Of course I know how old Slashdot really is... Rob Malda's Chips and Dips.. and I remember when we gave Linux a MASCOT. Oh boy.. back to my rocking chair.

EIGHT ads? As a LONG TIME visitor to Slashdot, this is getting ridiculous. Don't turn into the buzzfeed ad-filled pieces of junk that continue to pop up crap about surveys, subscribing, and other garbage - and WHY do you need EIGHT ads? As a website operator, are you that desperate for money that you have to plaster the site with more billboards than clickable stories? Lets get real!

In the Engineering CAD world, Unix has nearly run its course. All companies have dropped Unix support for the newest versions and only some maintain Linux/OSX versions for newer unix-like machines. Most are Windows only. Automotive companies, which are notoriously slow in technology adoption have mostly abandoned UNIX

Ford will retire their UNIX workstations (HPUX) for suppliers and customers in February 2014. These are largely HPUX 11.11i.
Unigraphics NX stopped UNIX support (HPUX, AIX, etc) as of NX 6 but opened support for Linux and OSX as of 8.
Dassault systems CATIA supported HPUX, AIX (6.1+) and Solaris on V5 - but as of V6 in 2011 they have ended UNIX support and are Windows only.
Pro Engineer quit most UNIX except Solaris until Pro Engineer / Creo 4.0 - at present they are Windows only.