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it's not a sustainable approach, because every single one of the customers you've "retained" will be looking to dump you as soon as possible
by blibble 1y ago
it's not a sustainable approach, because every single one of the customers you've "retained" will be looking to dump you as soon as possible
- le-mark 1y agoSome percentage of customers can’t leave if they want to. The ones who have laid off and cost cut to such a level they can no longer undertake projects to move to another virtualization environment. I’m at one such company. The staff we have now couldn’t do it in a year, or even two.
- nottorp 1y ago> The staff we have now couldn’t do it in a year, or even two. You're talking like two years is long term...
- buran77 1y ago> it's not a sustainable approach For the current Broadcom leadership this doesn't have to be sustainable, just bring in enough of a profit to justify the whole thing. They do not want a slow and steady profit stream but a big squeeze and done. I bet they got what they hoped for.
- nikanj 1y agoIt’s like oil drilling, completely unsustainable but great money to be made short-term. It just needs to be milkable long enough to make more money than the acquisition price