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VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨misk@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/06/vmware-perpetual-license-holder-receives-audit-letter-from-broadcom/

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  • sevon@lemmy.kde.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m sure that going scorched earth is great for customer retention.

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    • Godnroc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      When they announced the change to licensing from annoying to awful, the company I was with at the time immediately started looking for alternatives. I imagine that the announcement will be spoken about as the downfall of the company in future video essays.

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      • jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’d be surprised if this takes down Broadcom altogether, but could certainly kill the division. Oracle still exists, after all, even though they basically killed Sun and Java.

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      • ulu_mulu@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The company I work for did the same, it’s not easy to completely replace a virtual farm but we’re working on it :)

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  • ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why are companies so fuckin stupid. They bought a product that basically prints money and then they proceed to do everything in their power to burn it to the ground. Just don’t fuckin touch it.

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    • ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Line must go up now, don’t care about later.

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