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@novaburst So Broadcom is allegedly buying VMWare for $61B ? 🤔 Why?! 😳 Don't Broadcom make chips and VMWare make virtualization software? 😅 I don't see the connection 😂
@novaburst So Broadcom is allegedly buying VMWare for $61B ? 🤔 Why?! 😳 Don't Broadcom make chips and VMWare make virtualization software? 😅 I don't see the connection 😂
VMWare:
> VMware, Inc. is a cloud computing and virtualization technology company with headquarters in California.[6] VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture.[self-published source][7]
Broadcom:
> Broadcom Inc. is an American designer, developer, manufacturer and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, and storage and industrial markets.
VMWare:
> VMware, Inc. is a cloud computing and virtualization technology company with headquarters in California.[6] VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture.[self-published source][7]
Broadcom:
> Broadcom Inc. is an American designer, developer, manufacturer and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, and storage and industrial markets.
> In May 2022, Broadcom announced their deal to acquire the virtualisation and cloud computing software vendor VMware for $61 billion in a combination of cash and stock, with Broadcom assuming $8 billion in VMware debt.[52] [53]
> In May 2022, Broadcom announced their deal to acquire the virtualisation and cloud computing software vendor VMware for $61 billion in a combination of cash and stock, with Broadcom assuming $8 billion in VMware debt.[52] [53]
@prologic The best part is the announcement they intend to rapidly shift VMware to subscriptions. So the acquisition hasn't even closed and they've already announced they're buying it just to bleed customers dry.
@ocdtrekkie I can't imagine how customers would be able to run virtual infrastructure on software like VMWare ESXi, vSphere, vCenter and vCloud Director 🤔 on subscription models? 🤔
@ocdtrekkie I can't imagine how customers would be able to run virtual infrastructure on software like VMWare ESXi, vSphere, vCenter and vCloud Director 🤔 on subscription models? 🤔
@prologic So in actuality they already do: Nobody would be caught dead running vCenter without a valid support contract. Of course, that's in addition to the upfront purchase.
Switching to fully subscription largely means disregarding the initial purchase, in favor of a higher yearly bill.
@ocdtrekkie And so if the yearly bill goes up -- How does one then continue to sell IaaS on VMWare based infra? 🤔(at a competitive price)
@ocdtrekkie And so if the yearly bill goes up -- How does one then continue to sell IaaS on VMWare based infra? 🤔(at a competitive price)
@prologic pass it on to the customers as typical sop. i've worked in that ecosystem in the past. it's interesting but can become expensive fast. speaking of expensive, openshift. the hardware costs to do it right are immense.
@retrocrash That's kind of my point though. We keep peddling this idea of "Cloud is cheaper" blah blah blah. It's actually not. We're duped (marketing hype?) into thinking the capital expenditure to build and operate a Data center environment is more costly than running in "Cloud". I can prove to you it's not 😂
@retrocrash That's kind of my point though. We keep peddling this idea of "Cloud is cheaper" blah blah blah. It's actually not. We're duped (marketing hype?) into thinking the capital expenditure to build and operate a Data center environment is more costly than running in "Cloud". I can prove to you it's not 😂
@prologic you bring up a good point, but as you know with many things there's many sides of the coin, as it were.
take aws. no really, take it. get it away from me. expensive as all get out. but with that expense comes the calculation of the costs associated to run such a behemoth.
- electricity multi-homed
- multiple generator backups
- hyperscalar metal / tier1 infrastructure
- people ready to respond 24/7 if shtf
- the lovely apis we all know and adore
i think also it pays to keep in mind that a the term datacentre is subjective. you and i run them. so does aws. we can barely guarantee .5 x 9 even with redundant systems and hypertension. meanwhile aws or some other paas provider or a metal datacentre can 4 x 9 all day long and 5 x 9 for their .gov regions.
give a man infinite piles of money, he will draw 9's. give a man a stack of metal, let's hope he doesn't cut himself in the process :-)