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Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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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.

I'm sorry, what better interface is there for massive amounts of VM management in a GUI?

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

#22

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

We're definitely seeing an uptick in interest for Triton Datacenter[1] from vSphere users looking for alternatives.

Aside from Triton, there's a quite a bit of interest in Proxmox and XCP-ng in the community.

While alternatives are gaining popularity, they certainly do not have the same ecosystem that VMware users are accustomed to. Organizations are going to have to pony up, or make concessions.

[1]: https://www.tritondatacenter.com

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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

According to VMware/Broadcom in 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.”

It reads like these products and any way to purchase them have been axed. What am I missing? - if the expectation is that these products will be bundled into future product offerings, that’s a big if and if I’m not mistaken I don’t think we have any concrete information about that yet.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

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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.

I guarantee vSAN and NSX are not canceled; they're critical components of the VMware stack.

Re: VMware Kills Off 56 Products

#30
Am I misunderstanding, there is a bunch of vSphere offerings on the list there, but surely they must still sell vSphere in some form to enterprises?

Isn't it still common to find as a significant part of most on-premise deployments?

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