[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

Single Stage to Orbit alex.buell at munted.eu
Thu Mar 28 17:19:50 EDT 2024


On Thu, 2024-03-28 at 15:30 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> > * QEMU seems to be pretty complex, or at least, ill-documented.
> > * VirtualBox is from Oracle, and thus subject to corporate whims.
> > * VMware is from Broadcom, whose swingeing price rises are putting 
> > everyone off the product.
> > 
> > My employers are large-scale users of VMware, but the price rises
> > have 
> > them looking hard at alternatives.
> 
> FWIW, XenServer (formerly Citrix) sees an opportunity what with the 
> recent Broadcom VMware pricing changes: 
> https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/xenserver_8_returns/

Proxmox is a good alternative. The commerical fees aren't onerous.
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