BrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 2 days ago“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-link“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T saysarstechnica.comBrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoBroadcom is not playing the long game. They will milk VMware and then dump it or dissolve the company. Funny enough Broadcom is not doing so well right now (check there stock)
minus-squarelaurelravenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThis sort of buy-fatten-milk-kill acquisition should just be flat out illegal
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI don’t really see a problem with it. It painful short term but has the benefit of breaking up centralization and single points of failure.
minus-squarelaurelravenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoI’m not sure I follow your logic there, it looks to me like it has the opposite long term effect by removing what competition actually is there
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoWell no. VMware had a monopoly but now they have successfully pushed everyone to other software. Not everyone is using the same alternative so the market is more diverse.
Broadcom is not playing the long game. They will milk VMware and then dump it or dissolve the company.
Funny enough Broadcom is not doing so well right now (check there stock)
This sort of buy-fatten-milk-kill acquisition should just be flat out illegal
I don’t really see a problem with it. It painful short term but has the benefit of breaking up centralization and single points of failure.
I’m not sure I follow your logic there, it looks to me like it has the opposite long term effect by removing what competition actually is there
Well no. VMware had a monopoly but now they have successfully pushed everyone to other software. Not everyone is using the same alternative so the market is more diverse.