Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract (2025)

Eh, it's still the least hassle at scale for your own data centers and VCF 9 isn't exactly low tech - it does things no one else really can do to the same level of quality (DRS, HCX, NSX, VSAN all come to mind) , the question is, is it worth the money? Unless you're over 10,000 VMs, probably not.

OpenShift is okay but has quirks unless you have a major Kubernetes staff; Proxmox is good for most but I wouldn't use at massive scale. Azure Stack/ Hyper-V can work but has its own quirks.

Re: Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract (2025)

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Post by OrvalWintermute » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC

VMware really damaged their business longterm, as anyone that can transition off, is doing so, and anyone else is planning on it.

Re: Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract (2025)

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Post by hdgvhicv » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC

drchaim wrote: post #3

Having VMware in 2026 is a sign of low tech.

Compared to something like proxmox? Sure.

It takes a long time to change corporate mindset.

Re: Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract (2025)

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Post by dreamcompiler » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC

OrvalWintermute wrote: post #6

VMware really damaged their business longterm, as anyone that can transition off, is doing so, and anyone else is planning on it.

Broadcom doesn't care. They just want to milk VMware for all it's worth to goose their short-term profits.

Re: Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract (2025)

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Post by alphabetag675 » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

hdgvhicv wrote: post #7

drchaim wrote: post #3

Having VMware in 2026 is a sign of low tech.

Compared to something like proxmox? Sure. It takes a long time to change corporate mindset.

Compared to something like openstack.

Re: Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract (2025)

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Post by diego_moita » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

They're not the only ones pissed off with VMWare [1].

What I don't understand is what prevents them to shop around for alternatives. What is VMWare's very good moat that prevents the competition from invading their castle?

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/03/24/half-of-vmwa...