Broadcom's handling of the VMWare acquisition gives me a renewed perspective and surprising appreciation of Oracle.
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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.
Is it really though?
For public companies the primary goal is creating the highest possible stock price, or in rarer cases high dividends. Extracting as much money as possible is a common strategy for achieving that but it's not the only one. And arguably the strategy is used way more than it should be. Boards tend to set up bad incentives for the company leadership.
For private companies the goal is whatever the owner wants. That can be profit, but often it's about legacy. Or something entirely different. As far as we know SpaceX's purpose is indeed to create a self-sustaining mars colony