Oh wow... Broadcom looked at Oracle and thought "We too should behave like shit and antagonize our customers!"
Enshittification
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Lol, no surprises there. VMware was really never much different though.
I don't think its a perpetual license if the company is allowed to cease and desist you for continuing to use the contract after the support window ended.
"You can pay us or you can pay lawyers"
VMWare is aggressively pursuing it's customers at a time when there are many companies offering alternatives to their products. Whether that's Linux based KVM solutions, or Microsoft W365 / Hyper-V, or Citrix or Oracle or numerous others.
Broadcom essentially overpaid for VMWare and it's stuck trying to play the constant profitability game of over valued tech stocks. Treating customers like criminals isn't going to end well for VMWare but will be a boon to all the other virtualization companies.