VMware has been through some stuff. From where I sit, they have excelled at
making products that all sound alike, and that not many people can explain
the differences. They have also been acquired quite a few times. They have
always been expensive; especially considering that most of their portfolio
can be replaced by open source stuff.
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 7:39 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote:
> Broadcom has a strange history. I remember in the late 1990s attending
> ANSI standards meetings with “the 2 Henrys” who founded Broadcom. Back
> then, they were just regular guys, not billionaires.
>
>
>
> My recollection is one of them, I think Henry Nicholas, was at PairGain
> and developed an in-house fabless semiconductor design organization with
> innovative tools that could basically compile a modem chip from a list of
> specs. Today we would probably call it AI. He wanted PairGain to go into
> the chip design business and sell services to other customers but they
> didn’t want to do that, so he and his mentor from UCLA formed their own
> company.
>
>
>
> Looks like the company is owned by a bunch of private equity companies
> today. All they see is dollar signs. As somebody already pointed out, if
> they are screwing over their giant customers, the little guys have no
> chance.
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
> *Sent:* Monday, October 28, 2024 7:35 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] VM ware
>
>
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> I've seen most people run over to Proxmox.
>
>
>
> AT&T just got a temporary restraining order out of the court to keep
> Broadcom from screwing them short term.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 9:30 PM Chuck <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote:
>
>
> Broadcom does not recognize our perpetual license. Anyone have a
> solution? Proxmox. Xen. Really like to not have to do this.
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