As VMware says goodbye, leadership thinks Broadcom buy is a win "You write what you need to win." That's what I was told during VMware's Explore conference last week by a very senior Virtzilla executive who was directly involved in efforts to have UK regulators approve Broadcom's acquisition of the virtualization giant. Among the tactics deployed to win approval was an extraordinary …
They're not going to say the contrary now, that's for sure.
And obviously they will use any venue they can get their hands on to push out the positive message in order to help float the share value.
After all, it's not the leadership that will end up on the chopping block when comes time to "improve synergy" after the merger.
The countdown to layoffs has started. I'm guessing those concerned will find this "win" to be less successful than they would have preferred.
you can’t trust anything VMware any company seeking regulatory approval says
When will regulators start enforcing the promises companies make to get approval? Oh, sorry, I forgot... it isn't in the national interest (or, at least, the interests of the regulators with their revolving doors) to prevent these acquisitions being successful.
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