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Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by GlitzyArmrest to c/technology

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Since Broadcom's $61 billion acquisition of VMware closed in November 2023, Broadcom has been charging ahead with major changes to the company's personnel and products. In December, Broadcom began laying off thousands of employees and stopped selling perpetually licensed versions of VMware products, pushing its customers toward more stable and lucrative software subscriptions instead. In January, it ended its partner programs, potentially disrupting sales and service for many users of its products.

This week, Broadcom is making a change that is smaller in scale but possibly more relevant for home users of its products: The free version of VMware's vSphere Hypervisor, also known as ESXi, is being discontinued.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

For the cost, SMB is going to walk away. There are millions of SMB's.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

SMBs are not the target. Companies with a sizeable vSAN investment, huge amounts of VMware based automation and the fortune 1000 are. MSRP on the cheap license is going to be around $275/core, minimum 16 cores per socket.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And a potential 90% discount for big customers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Probably not that deep. I've heard there are definitely discounts. That doesn't count for much though when it still increases your cost 6x.

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