> They expect backlash and thinks it’s worth the cost, because they plan on milking the remaining customers asap. Why would they think that after that disaster

> They expect backlash and thinks it’s worth the cost, because they plan on milking the remaining customers asap. Why would they think that after that disaster said customers will still be with them? I no longer have the displeasure of being a VMware customer, but if I saw what they're currently doing while jacking up prices and trimming support, what possible reason would there be to remain as a customer? Inertia? At some point you know the bill will be too high, so might as well move before it gets too bad. VMware will end up like Symantec or similar, a shell of a company that people know of, but nobody actually uses on purpose.