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Broadcom loses another big VMware customer

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146 points belter | 1 comments | 03 Dec 24 16:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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beambot ◴[03 Dec 24 17:10 UTC] No.42308482[source]▶
Broadcom's handling of the VMWare acquisition gives me a renewed perspective and surprising appreciation of Oracle.
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ebiester ◴[03 Dec 24 17:33 UTC] No.42308746[source]▶
Both of them are lawnmowers.

They are looking to extract the maximum amount of money possible. I'd argue that Broadcom could extract more money with smaller uplifts but I think they are also looking to consolidate their customer base. Some of these crazy numbers may be doing just that - saying that these people aren't wanted as customers anymore.

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hotstickyballs ◴[03 Dec 24 17:45 UTC] No.42308883[source]▶
Extracting the maximum amount of money possible is the primary purpose of a company. It’s what you should expect to happen.
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1. ebiester ◴[03 Dec 24 17:56 UTC] No.42309030{3}[source]▶
Maximizing the long term value of the company can be at odds with extracting the most amount of money over the next quarter.

For example, Meta could say "if you don't pay us 100 dollars per year, we will delete your entire account including all of your memories and photos across instagram, threads, and Facebook" and probably make a giant amount of money in the next quarter as people panic over losing their memories to something they considered reliable. However, it would kill the company's long term growth.