300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals

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Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes.

To get a deeper look at the impact that rising costs and overhauls like the end of VMware perpetual license sales have had on VMware users, Ars spoke with several companies in the process of quitting the software due to Broadcom's changes.

After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no time ushering in big changes to the ways customers and partners buy and sell VMware offerings—and many of those clients aren't happy.

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Author / Journalist: Scharon Harding

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: Broadcom Features Acquisition Vmware

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News Sentiment: Negative

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Published On: 2024-10-31 @ 11:00:27 (15 hours ago)

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News Source URL: arstechnica.com

Language: English

Article Length: 83 words

Reading Time: 1 minutes read

Sentences: 113 lines

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