@novaburst@twt.nfld.uk So Broadcom is allegedly buying VMWare for $61B ? 🤔 Why?! 😳 Don’t Broadcom make chips and VMWare make virtualization software? 😅 I don’t see the connection 😂
VMWare:
VMware, Inc. is a cloud computing and virtualization technology company with headquarters in California.[6] VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture.[self-published source][7]
Broadcom:
Broadcom Inc. is an American designer, developer, manufacturer and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom’s product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, and storage and industrial markets.
In May 2022, Broadcom announced their deal to acquire the virtualisation and cloud computing software vendor VMware for $61 billion in a combination of cash and stock, with Broadcom assuming $8 billion in VMware debt.[52] [53]
@prologic@twtxt.net The best part is the announcement they intend to rapidly shift VMware to subscriptions. So the acquisition hasn’t even closed and they’ve already announced they’re buying it just to bleed customers dry.
@ocdtrekkie@twtxt.net I can’t imagine how customers would be able to run virtual infrastructure on software like VMWare ESXi, vSphere, vCenter and vCloud Director 🤔 on subscription models? 🤔
@prologic@twtxt.net So in actuality they already do: Nobody would be caught dead running vCenter without a valid support contract. Of course, that’s in addition to the upfront purchase.
Switching to fully subscription largely means disregarding the initial purchase, in favor of a higher yearly bill.
@ocdtrekkie@twtxt.net And so if the yearly bill goes up – How does one then continue to sell IaaS on VMWare based infra? 🤔(at a competitive price)
@retrocrash@twtxt.net That’s kind of my point though. We keep peddling this idea of “Cloud is cheaper” blah blah blah. It’s actually not. We’re duped (marketing hype?) into thinking the capital expenditure to build and operate a Data center environment is more costly than running in “Cloud”. I can prove to you it’s not 😂