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Broadcom has been VMware’s owners sent firing letters to the owners of VMware licenses with duration support contracts, Ars Technica approved.
Purchase of VMWare after November 2023, Broadcom VMware Eternal License Sales ended. Users with constant licenses may still use the software they purchase, but support services cannot update In the absence of a pre-existing contract Allows them doing this. Disputed action Aims to receive subscribers with subscribers to VMWare product packages, growing related expenses to VMware product packages 300 percent Or, in some cases, more.
Some clients, as often, continued to use VMWare supported Research alternativesVMware as opponents or devipualization.
Over the past few weeks some users have some users that are not supported by VMware declare Receiving firing letters from the Broadcom, the term of contracting with VMware and thus the expiration of the rights of support services has ended. Letter [PDF]Reviewed by Ars Technica and reviews by the Managing Director Michael Brown, using any maintenance / updates, small releases, improvements, slopes, errors, errors, errors or security patches, the support contract is terminated using zero daily security patches.
The letter “The use of the expiration of the exercise of past updates from the past is” any part of the expired support, VMWARE and VMWARE VIOLATION RIGHTS AND VMWARE VIOLATION RESPONSIBILITIES
Some customers Members this groupA controlled service provider (MSP) in Canada has received this letter, although he has not received VMWare updates since the expiration of support agreements. A customer said he received a letter six days after the expiration of the support agreement.
Similarly, users have online declare Although they do not give updates since the loss of VMware support, even if they receive the letters of fire. SPICEWORKS ‘A user in the community forum declare Although they migrate from VMware and Proxmox, receive such a letter.
They said they had completed the legitimate teams of some users who reported a letter from the Broadcom. ARS, the broadcom, which means that any person means Broadcom, which disrupts agreements with VMware. However, Broadcom sends these letters to companies, regardless of whether they sent these letters to companies after the expiration of support agreements and the use of VMWare.
Broadcom did not respond to a request for comment.
Broadcom warns potential checks
Ceasefire director Letters also say they will be audited to buyers: “Inability to adapt [post-expiration reporting] Requirements may result in a disruption of the agreement by the client[,] And VMware can use the right to audit both the customer, along with any other contract or legitimate means. “
In response to this, Colpitts disclosure to ARS:
“Something that shuts me up, asked to check the brancom when they chose Broadcom.
Broadcom, VMware’s eternal licenses and increased price, large number of users and channel partners, especially medium-sized companies, have to reduce or finish their work with VMware. Most members are not supported by VMware Customer Base of this group, now VMware. The biggest concern of the MSP is ensured that staff does not accidentally apply patches to customers.
In recent months, Broadcom tried to restart the potential use of VMware products he considered unfounded. For example, it was solved Legal battle with AT & T Update telecom’s support services on the right to update and blame Pirate vmware siemens.
How to distribute VMWare caused various companies by taking care of VMware and customers with Broadcoc. While Broadcom’s financial success Because of the acquirers of VMware, the sending of the work plan will remain patient and sends the risks to send firewords to VMware users, prejudice with current and former customers.
This story originated first ARS TECHNICA.
