So, VMWare, a company that powers the IT of many organisations via its virtualisation products was acquired by Broadcom in November 2023.
Turns out this was not a seamless transition: Broadcom quickly upended VMWare's pricing model, trying to force loads of customers into much more expensive deals (100 to 300% price increase!). VMWare users are, understandably, furious.
But this may well backfire, as people are now looking at alternatives, and of course free and open source ones. We'll see.
