I don't see any mention of Spring (an open source Java development framework) in the history of Broadcom's acquisition. Has anyone heard what the future will look like? I don't think we know for sure, so even if it's at the rumor level, that's fine.
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You could not be more wrong. What a troll post!
Spring is dying. We should call it Winter.
JEE stacks like JBoss and WebSphere provide all the capability of Spring with less of the version maintenance grief.
RedHat also has JBoss OpenShift Kubernetes images if you need microservices/containerization.
Any time a company pursues the strategy of "growth through acquisition"
it picks up the ears of P/E firms, because that kind of growth is a signal
the company is stagnating.
But, but, but....
Isn't that EXACTLY the Broadcom model?
Spring might find a nice home at Oracle as Java and MySQL did if Broadcom doesn't want to support open source. It's a very popular framework.
Pretty much every acquisition by VMware has been mismanaged.
Yes. In fact it was a history of poor acquisitions that put VMware on the radar. Any time a company pursues the strategy of "growth through acquisition" it picks up the ears of P/E firms, because that kind of growth is a signal the company is stagnating.
Robust companies don't acquire. They build. Stagnating companies that don't know what to do, acquire. And poor acquisitions are a big flaming neon sign saying "POOR MANAGEMENT!" It's begging to be bought out, cleared out, and made profitable.
And that is exactly what happened.
Spring does not make any money, Hock isn't interested in things that don't make money so take your guess as to what happens to it ;)
It would be great if Hock sold them off to a company that is better fit than VMware or Broadcom. This group doesn’t belong in Broadcom, much like most of the animals in the Tanzoo. My guess is they would thrive in another company or form a company of their own. Pretty much every acquisition by VMware has been mismanaged.
They will be toast.