It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer - Computershare CTO says he got a bill 15 times his previous quote. The AVGO "Demolition Man" applies his playbook.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/22/computershare_vm_migration_project/
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This is the way !
Hock is a genius!
In the end, many will gripe and complain about the price increases to the trade rags, press, and anybody else who will listen, but fewer will migrate away than we think. For that, I admire Hock - holding companies hostage via a stupid hypervisor.
Fhock clients! This is the way!
There’s a certain bubble Hock is expecting to retain because they may not be a BALLER enterprise, but one that does consume enough licensing to be willing to bear whatever price raise pain they can take before they convert…the transition costs are what will hold them from jumping. Hock knows this and it is a part of his plan.
Rápe the customers! Hock playbook.
The AVGO "Demolition Man" applies his playbook.
Broadcom CEO pay award jumps 164% to $160.8 million, thanks to savings from all the fired VMware employees who donated their salaries to pay Hock's shameless comp
This is exactly what HT did to strip-mine CA and Symantec customer base.
The clueless CIOs that stay on these obsolete software platforms deserve the disrespect from Broadcom Software. No self-respecting IT leader pays the AVGO tax for trash.
This is the way!
Do I have to say it again?? Alright let’s get to it then. “F’k you Mando”
This is the way!
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The playbook is to keep only the customers who can’t change vendors.
Nothing to see here.