Broadcom filing mentions major VMware Cloud Foundation releases in March and July

Broadcom’s annual report reveals two items of note for VMware customers: two planned major releases of its flagship VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) suite due in March and July this year. The annual report, a Form 10-K filing posted on December 20th, details R&D spend on VMware’s portfolio and mentions a July 2024 Cloud …

[Richard 12]

One wonders if Netflix had a patent licensing agreement with VMware, that Broadcom have now reneged upon.

A lot of companies hold patents purely as leverage, after all.

[sschuchart]

Seems unlikely - if they have an agreement already, they would simply sue them on that basis and say so. I think Netflix sees an opportunity to make some cash off of Broadcom.

[DougMac]

Or, in reading the patents, most likely Google would loose on prior art claims from VMware, and now that they are Broadcom, Broadcom will have a tougher claim to it being prior art.

[IGotOut]

Wow...

...they must be bad if Netflix are complaining that they are raising prices whilst delivering a worse service.

[JWLong]

Looney Tunes

....And That Ain't All Folks!

This shit should be good. Just throw a bucket load and see what sticks.

Three patents, VMWare will loose by at least one.