Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted

Industry groups aren't giving up hope for government intervention.

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However, Sylvain Cazard, president of Broadcom Software for Asia-Pacific, reportedly told The Register that complaints about higher prices are unwarranted since customers using at least two components of VMware's flagship Cloud Foundation will end up paying less and because the new pricing includes support, which VMware didn't include before.

and for those who don't use more than one component, and don't need support?

The Register reported that Cazard, as well as Paul Turner, VP of product management at VMware, and Prashanth Shenoy, VP of product and technical marketing for the Cloud, Infrastructure, Platforms, and Solutions group at VMware, all agreed that people who think moving to subscriptions is unfair aren't considering that VMware waited longer than many in the industry to implement the model.

"We waited longer than Adobe and Autodesk to non-consensually fuck you in the ass while you were sleeping. Aren't you grateful?"

 

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@Frodo Douchebaggins, that's....a colorful metaphor.

Gets the point across though, hopefully

 

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It is true, and even though everyone else has switched to subscription, each of these companies had to go through the process of moving people to subscription. Microsoft did this and somehow everyone loves them to death even though their MS bill is through the roof.

Yeah no. We are still holding a grudge and that's why only finance gets Office.