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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: 0.001s | 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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1. throw0101d ◴[03 Dec 24 23:20 UTC] No.42312805[source]▶
> Both of them are lawnmowers.

For those that do not know the reference, "Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos" by Bryan Cantrill at LISA11:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=38m24s

And the lead up is entertaining too:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=34m7s