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Proxmox was the big winner here. Small little guys managing their own little clouds in their home eventually become CTOs. Vmware is going to learn an importan
by blantonl 2y ago
Proxmox was the big winner here.
Small little guys managing their own little clouds in their home eventually become CTOs. Vmware is going to learn an important lesson here.
Oracle is generally and universally hated. Welcome to that club, Vmware.
- alephnerd 2y agoNot really, companies need support. If you want to use Proxmox but also need support, you'll end up paying Veeam, which itself uses the same GTM model I mentioned.
- okl 2y agoWhy Veeam? Proxmox brings a good backup solution already.
- alephnerd 2y agoLet's say I'm a mid-market business that doesn't want to roll out internally and I don't want to shell out for Broadcom (eg. Maybe I compete with their chips division). I still want a throat to strangle, and Proxmox, while a solid product, doesn't have the headcount needed to support me. A larger firm like Veeam can provide both Proxmox support and additional management support. This way I don't have to use Broadcom, Citrix, etc.
- blantonl 2y ago"support" is one of the biggest scams in enterprise software today.
- godzillabrennus 2y agoOracle does just fine in their moat. That said, I’m still sad at what happened to Sun Microsystems.
- hyperman1 2y agoIn the Java world, the joke always was how everyone made a fortune with Java, except Sun. Boy, did that joke turn sour.