VMware by Broadcom makes its stack easier to live with, as promised

VMware by Broadcom has previewed an update to its flagship Cloud Foundation and vSphere Foundation bundles that appear to deliver on past promises to make the virty giant's wares easier to acquire and operate. Those promises were made before the acquisition of VMware closed: last August we spoke to Prashanth Shenoy, then vice …

[Mr.Nobody]

Who cares?

This just continues to show how little VMware cares about it's customers or their concerns.

I am sure there are companies that are using all these services, but I bet it isn't that high a number. I guess that's what Broadcom has wanted all along, fewer customers that are even more locked in to their technology.

Let me know when they announce that they aren't going to continue offering customers insane price increases for a product they have owned for a decade and a half. That's an announcement I'd be happy to read about. Until then, VMware/Broadcom can bugger off.

[Vulture@C64]

Installing and building VMware was never a problem - this is being done to tie in customers even tighter to VMware, make it harder to change.

What does Broadcom spend money on ? Nothing that doesn't make it harder for existing customers to leave or make VMware appear cheaper, as in look at all the useless extras we get.

[sarusa]

What a deal!

And it will only cause your yearly license fees to go up 2000%! Such a bargain!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: What a deal!

By Grabthar's hammer, you shall be avenged!

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[Anonymous Coward]

Almost zero value add

Since when was it difficult to patch a farm of esxi hosts? This has been an automated zero downtime process for many years.

This is nothing but low tier lipstick for this whale of a pig.