VMware has escalated its transition to a subscription-only model by sending cease-and-desist letters to customers with perpetual licenses. These letters inform users that their support contracts have expired, forcing them to uninstall updates or face audits with potential legal ramifications. This policy shift has significant implications for businesses, as VMware represents critical infrastructure software. Many enterprises are now facing difficult decisions regarding their IT management, weighed against the risks of operating in unsupported environments despite differing risk profiles based on their deployments.
Over the past few weeks, VMware customers holding onto their perpetual licenses, which are often unsupported and in limbo, have reportedly begun receiving formal cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom.
This is a sharp escalation in an effort to push perpetual license holders toward VMware's new subscription-only model.
VMware isn't just another piece of enterprise software. It's the plumbing. The foundation.
This technical risk is, without question, the biggest barrier to any organization considering support options outside of VMware's official offering.
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