• heavy@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Broadcom fucked a lot of people with the VMware debacle. If I was a business owner I would think twice about where I’m putting my eggs.

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      10 hours ago

      Sorry, I’ve been out of the game for a while. Can you expand upon this? I’d like to better understand.

      • psmgx@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        Qualcomm bought VM ware after Dell spit it out.

        They proceeded to basically jack the price and otherwise alienate much of the user base. In a world where AWS is a thing, you saw a lot of companies walk, and there was a general lamentation for enterprise on-prem virtualization options.