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Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by candiddevmike » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:04 PM UTC

I remember when Nicira/NSX and the concept of SDN was groundbreaking stuff. Hyperconverged had just become a thing, and VMware was the brightest star in the galaxy. Seeing it shuddered is pretty powerful.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:08 PM UTC

midasuni wrote: post #2

Looking forward to when aws does this. Lock in and tighten the screws.

That just got a lot easier for them.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:09 PM UTC

jollyllama wrote: post #6

post_break wrote: post #4

AWS and Azure rubbing their hands together. We use one of these products and unfortunately will have to abandon ship.

I wonder who vSphere users can even go to

Proxmox? (I appreciate that this is a significant change)

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by CommieBobDole » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

digitalsushi wrote: post #8

I wonder how this will cut into the hobbiest/learn-at-home crowd with our half width, 1U free-tier-license ESXi servers we learn our skills for our day jobs on.

I don't think this is a concern of theirs - the new owners don't appear to have any plans for it to be around long enough to need another generation of people to run it.

It's likely that for whatever products remain after this purge, there will be no more major releases, only security patches and ever-more-expensive extended support contracts.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by wmf » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

Realistically these products aren't being killed; they'll still be available in subscription bundles just not as perpetual licenses.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by wmf » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

jollyllama wrote: post #6

post_break wrote: post #4

AWS and Azure rubbing their hands together. We use one of these products and unfortunately will have to abandon ship.

I wonder who vSphere users can even go to

Nutanix

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by candiddevmike » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:11 PM UTC

jollyllama wrote: post #6

post_break wrote: post #4

AWS and Azure rubbing their hands together. We use one of these products and unfortunately will have to abandon ship.

I wonder who vSphere users can even go to

They probably need a therapist at this point. They've been through a lot over the years.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by galenmarchetti » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:12 PM UTC

midasuni wrote: post #2

Looking forward to when aws does this. Lock in and tighten the screws.

why? loving aws right now, which products do you think they would keep vs kill

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by CommieBobDole » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:14 PM UTC

wmf wrote: post #15

Realistically these products aren't being killed; they'll still be available in subscription bundles just not as perpetual licenses.

I don't think that's correct - from the article:

“All licensing options including Perpetual, Support & Subscription (SnS), SaaS/hosted and subscription, as well as all editions, suites and pricing metrics of each product, unless otherwise noted, are included in this announcement. These products are no longer available for purchase.”

Honestly, looking at the list, I'm not sure what they actually still sell.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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Post by tivert » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 10:15 PM UTC

wmf wrote: post #15

Realistically these products aren't being killed; they'll still be available in subscription bundles just not as perpetual licenses.

> Realistically these products aren't being killed; they'll still be available in subscription bundles just not as perpetual licenses.

But the OP says:

> Listing the 56 VMware products and platforms being killed off, VMware said: “All licensing options including Perpetual, Support & Subscription (SnS), SaaS/hosted and subscription, as well as all editions, suites and pricing metrics of each product, unless otherwise noted, are included in this announcement. These products are no longer available for purchase.”

I've heard Broadcom is also (dishonestly) pushing a sudden and harsh RTO plan that will probably lead to a huge amount of staff turnover.