https://cispe.cloud/broadcoms-brutal-contract-termination-and-imposition-of-prohibitive-new-licensing-terms-will-decimate-europes-cloud-infrastructure/
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Nothing illegal by Broadcom. It’s not a crime to make customers unhappy.
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“ Europe needs to stfu. There is about zero innovation in software or cloud in the old world.“
Keep telling yourself that Rajesh and wait for your AI replacement.
This article (and others on the same topic) is deeply misleading. Whatever the misgivings are, these are specifically related to the vmware cloud provider program.
Bcom is not interested in public or 3rd party clouds. Hence the changes.
Europe needs to stfu. There is about zero innovation in software or cloud in the old world.
Antitrust law is rarely applied in America, so seeing the EU take a lead on this topic is encouraging. Partners and customers need time to choose an alternative vendor.
I asked chatgpt to summarize - you're welcome
Broadcom, following its acquisition of VMware, has cancelled all VMware software licenses, leaving cloud services vendors and their customers, including public sector organizations and businesses, in a precarious position. This action threatens to take vital cloud services offline in two weeks unless resolved. With no clear direction on future licensing, customers face potential price increases up to twelve times their current rates. CISPE, representing Europe's cloud infrastructure service providers, has urgently called for regulatory intervention to pause these terminations and allow customers to seek alternatives. The unilateral decision by Broadcom impacts a wide range of services, including essential medical and public services, and could force many businesses reliant on VMware technologies into bankruptcy. CISPE criticizes Broadcom's leveraging of VMware's market dominance to impose unfair terms and significant cost increases on European cloud customers, calling for regulatory scrutiny to address these anticompetitive practices.
Do you still worry about vmware's business?
Does this site ever fully load and show vote values of comments anymore?
"This is the way."
That is just Hock saying “go F yourself”
Biz as usual.
Too late to complain to regulators. They should have known Hock was going to do this.