Like Adobe, VMware will now be available on monthly subscription options. Broadcom is killing old licensing models that are popular among enterprise customers.
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nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:28:41 JST nixCraft 🐧 -
nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:29:23 JST nixCraft 🐧 More here https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-by-broadcom-business-transformation
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Nazo (nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 09:35:12 JST Nazo @nixCraft God I'm so sick of software doing subscription models. Some doesn't even make sense. Photoshop? It's an image editing software...
Well, I've been meaning to look into proper alternatives to VMWare. QEMU seems a bit of a pain though. Are there any less painful FOSS options?
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Hyprland (hyprland@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 14:40:28 JST Hyprland @nixCraft well i guess there qemu and proxmox
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dreamingawake09 (dreamingawake09@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 23:24:41 JST dreamingawake09 @nixCraft Not surprised given how mediocre VMWare is, probably has been leaking money like mad back when Dell owned it.
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Sean Payne (seantpayne@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 11:25:24 JST Sean Payne @nixCraft
The Church of Recurring Revenue claims another.In conversation permalink
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