Comment on Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software

Bookmeat@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• aniki@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  VMs in general

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  • yggstyle@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are a variety of options available with near feature parity. Killing the free version effectively cut out lab users which may as well say: we sure would like people to start training on a new platform. People use what they are comfortable with… and tend to carry a hatchet for companies that burn them.

    This was a short sighted play which ultimately will result in the platform dying slowly as the workforce changes. They cut off new blood: less people will be proficient with their platform and more will be pushing for a switch to the competition. In addition to the loss of the free version they massively ramped prices. They won’t last. Right now the companies that are too big to pivot are already starting to weigh the costs of transitioning vs the squeeze. The C-suite are idiots.

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  • Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With infrastructure as code, vm management has become even more easy. A lot of companies are standardizing their vm park based on new deployment and management techniques e Sometimes in IaaS platforms (a fancy name for externally managed, rented hardware) but the VM has a long life ahead.

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    • Bookmeat@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some companies are stuck with the suite and rely heavily on the additional tools like nsx and, cloud director, etc. not a lot of competition in that space with products that also provide self-service for clients. Companies lose that are still looking for alternatives now, but it’s going to be a tough migration.

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    • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds like terraform with extra steps.

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      • 4am@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Terraform is VMs you dumbass

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    VMs have many applications outside the cloud

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      On of those is running the cloud.

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      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, but most of that runs on Hyper-V, KVM or Xen/XCP.

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      • Damage@feddit.it ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        One of the applications outside the cloud is running the cloud?

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  • sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    N… no…

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  • fishpen0@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lotta people here working in legacy not realizing you can run bare metal k8s with containers and never touch a proper vm again. That said, if you are in the cloud basically everything is a vm even when you are using k8s. Two of the big three cloud providers run on top of Xen and one uses hyper-v for all of their machine types

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