Thread regarding VMware layoffs

Deal already in jeopardy?

Antitrust issues
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/broadcom-deal-to-buy-switzerland-of-data-center-software-would-face-swift-antitrust-backlash

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That article is fairly misleading with a click-bait headline.

Yes, Broadcom has had deals in the past blocked by antitrust. But Broadcom and VMW are in very different spaces, and neither one is really a monopoly in their own space, so it’s unlikely to raise antitrust issues.

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Post ID: @wph+1gUUNmtZ

this is copium - theres people saying the opposite. it doesnt even make sense there would be antitrust issues here, bcom is not even in the same space

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-22/broadcom-said-to-be-in-talks-to-acquire-vmware

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