VMware users face challenges following Broadcom's acquisition, with the termination of perpetual licensing and support. After selling VMware for $69bn, Broadcom is transitioning customers to a subscription model and ceasing support for users who opt out of this change. A letter to customers details that those who don't purchase subscriptions are not entitled to support services, updates, or patches. Only urgent security patches for newer versions will be available. This scenario underscores a significant shift in how VMware products are managed under Broadcom's ownership, urging users to adapt or face significant service limitations.
The letter states: "VMware, therefore, immediately demands that all use of support services associated with VMware software, including maintenance releases/updates, minor releases, major releases/upgrades extensions, enhancements, patches, bug fixes or security patches be ceased."
According to a letter posted on the ARS Technica website, customers that opted not to transition their perpetual licences to subscriptions are now facing "cease and desist" notices from Broadcom.
Broadcom now appears to be making it very clear to customers that they can no longer renew these contracts. The stated goal has been to move customers to a recurring revenue stream.
Barry Pilling remarked that these letters serve as a reminder of the contractual terms, indicating that customers are no longer entitled to various software updates and patches once their support term ends, except for critical security patches.
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