[Info-vax] License policies

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On Wed, 2023-12-13 at 13:23 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-12-12, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> > I am sure most people remember the discussion about the changes to
> > VMS licenses.
> > 
> > Now VMWare licenses get changed similar:
> > 
> > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/broadcom-ends-vmware-perpetual-license-sales-testing-customers-and-partners/
> > 
> 
> The difference is that the VMware people don't have to worry about
> the possibility of their supplier suddenly going bust and having
> their own operations suddenly stopping because no-one acquired VMware
> after the company went bust. The VMware ecosystem is simply too large
> for that to ever be a serious possibility.

But Broadfuckingcom will enshittify[1] everything that was good about
VMware.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
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