Broadcom extends support for VMware's old perpetual license
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Meanwhile, Gartner predicts massive market share loss and European regulators start asking questions

Relevant bits from the article:

Broadcom has blinked, and made a couple of changes to support VMware customers who don’t want to move to its new software bundle subscriptions.

Customers also told Tan that “fast-moving change may require more time, so we have given support extensions to many customers who came up for renewal while these changes were rolling out.”

The other change is providing some ongoing security patches for VMware customers who persist with their perpetual licenses instead of shifting to Broadcom’s subs.

“We are announcing free access to zero-day security patches for supported versions of vSphere, and we’ll add other VMware products over time,” Tan wrote, describing the measure as aimed at ensuring that customers “whose maintenance and support contracts have expired and choose to not continue on one of our subscription offerings.” The change means such customers “are able to use perpetual licenses in a safe and secure fashion.”

So, tiny win if you’re already on a perpetual license though I don’t think the subscription enshittification train has reversed course.

  • partial_accumenEnglish
    3•7 months ago

    Customers also told Tan that “fast-moving change may require more time, so we have given support extensions to many customers who came up for renewal while these changes were rolling out.”

    From what I’m hearing from customers, only select giant companies are getting this special treatment. Little guys are told to pay up.

    The changes were announced on the same day Reuters reported that European antitrust authorities have questioned Broadcom about its licensing changes.

    This right here is why security patches will be available for unsupported perpetual license holders. There was zero benevolence on Broadcom’s part.