Posts by AtomicWombat

Developer wrote a critical app and forgot where it ran – until it stopped running

Re: Similar thing, but zombie user not laptop

We have at least one service provider where I work that is actively hostile toward customers who don't/can't pay with a credit card. Every year when our maintenance renewal comes due, I have to go through an arduous multi-week process of requesting a quote and then repeatedly explaining (AGAIN) that my purchasing department is that of an Enormous State University™ that pays their bills with purchase orders rather than a credit card, and no, I don't have a lot of choice or influence about that.

VMware users gripe over 3-year commitment to renew licenses

In addition to the obvious search for more money, this is all about maximizing the pain for anyone thinking of moving off VMware. Most organizations thinking of migrating off VMware (my employer included) were looking at getting a 1-year support extension to give some overlap time for whatever they're moving to. If that's hard to do, it's yet another disincentive from migrating.