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It's worth bearing in mind that it's not just a financial gamble but a reputational one as well. Chances are most of that 90% of your customer base who were pr
by remus 2y ago
It's worth bearing in mind that it's not just a financial gamble but a reputational one as well.
Chances are most of that 90% of your customer base who were previously fairly happy are now very unhappy with a forced move to another platform, so in 10 years time when they're in some other business and making purchasing decisions, someone will mention VMWare and the only thing they'll remember is that shit show where they spent 6 months migrating off it because of some ridiculous pricing change.
- acdha 2y agoThat’s the big problem I see for them: all of the VMware guys I know _hate_ this move and are talking about being betrayed. Even if they aren’t immediately migrating, I don’t think many people are going to be comfortable increasing their dependency on Broadcom, whereas before that was as close to a given as it gets in business.
- ta1243 2y agoReputational loss won't be realised for a few years, the people making the decisions will have moved on by then.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoThe problem is that their documentation is now a shit show. Their 10% whales are going to get fed up with that eventually.