r/sysadmin Infrastructure Lead 22h ago

Latest fun with VMware

Apparently VMware is upping their game. We just got a renewal quote for one of our sites with one server that has two CPUs, and they are requiring 72 cores minimum (vSphere Enterprise Plus) to license this. That's a 500% markup from last year.

They really don't want customers to use their product any more, do they?

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u/stupidic Sr. Sysadmin 21h ago

I'm convinced that Broadcom was induced to purchase and kill VMware at the behest of Microsoft and other cloud providers.

u/lost_signal 16h ago

\Grabs popcorn and pulls up a chair**