Submitted 4 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
This is the corporate equivalent of “Oops we fucked up and customers noticed.”
I doubt it will stem the flow after already ditching partners like AWS. As an ICT consultant with two decades of experience with VMware, I’m not recommending this platform any longer and this announcement won’t change that. I doubt that I’m an outlier in this view, time will tell.
The most annoying thing isn’t even the price hikes or the direct sales - it’s the ambiguity they’ve introduced into things. “Hey we need pricing for xyz”. “Ya, we’re not sure if we’re going to quote that”.
It’s like quote it or take the account - but the customer has a project and you won’t make up your mind. Seriously, we have quotes stuck in pergatory for over 6 months, yet they won’t call the end user and sell direct. Customers literally can’t buy VMware even if they are ok with a 1000x cost - and they wonder why people are moving on.
Budgeting season is sept-Dec. I think everyone I know is kicking off a migration project for 2025 to another platform - mostly because they can’t get a quote/licenses. VMware is screwed and it’s only just begun.
It’s not a reversal, it’s a minor adjustment to keep companies from leaving, so they can jack the prices again next year.
Oh they’re selling VMware? Because them buying it was the controversial part that spurred people to migrate. Everything else was expected.
But not before causing 2+ years of tedious previously-unnecessary migration work. Thanks a lot assholes.
Dell, what the fuck did you done.
I mean, i knew already that Broadcom is bad at software.
suzune@ani.social 4 weeks ago
IT departments noticed there are more viable options than VMWare. Thanks Broadcom!