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I can only hope they let VMware operate independently and continue growing like they've done in the past decade.

by laura2013 4y ago

bobo_legos 4y ago
One thing that I always gave Dell/EMC credit for was that they at least outwardly seemed to have left VMware free to their own thing. As opposed to a lot of their other acquisitions that they bastardized in this rush to sell enterprises on everything private cloud. We'll see Broadcom ends up taking the same route.
- vkat 4y ago
  Quite agree, Dell/EMC treated VMware as independent.
joedissmeyer 4y ago
It is best to set your expectations extremely low for this type of acquisition. My personal opinion: Broadcom is _buying_ its way into the Enterprise technology space by hook or crook. When Broadcom acquires a company their M.O. is to immediately install finance-driven leadership and focus strictly on cost cutting measures coupled with accelerated profit-making endeavors. The only thing VMware employees have to look forward to in the near future are layoffs, all types of cost reductions, team consolidations (i.e. you do more work with less resources) and severely reduced R&D. And the only thing that VMware customers have to look forward to are increased VMware costs, more vendor lock-in, reduced satisfaction with support, and almost zero innovation. Again, this is just my opinion so I could end up be wrong. Or maybe I am just in a bad mood today... meh
- sharken 4y ago
  Bad mood i hope. Should Broadcom do all those things, they run a substantial risk of degrading the products offered by VMware, which is a poor business decision. Given the very profitable state of VMware, it's a lot more likely that they will only introduce minor changes.
- m2f2 4y ago
  Not at all. Broadcom is well known to pimp up license and maintenance prices for all their sw portfolio while cutting fat and flesh in the process. Disclaimer: forced Broadcom customer here
- AtlasBarfed 4y ago
  So Broadcom is just a better run IBM? IBM buys whatever product it wants for a foothold, milks it, chucks it out. It used to be Product X becomes Websphere Product X, then disappears from their salespeople's lips about 5 years later.

I can only hope they let VMware operate independently and continue growing like they've done in the past decade.

One thing that I always gave Dell/EMC credit for was that they at least outwardly seemed to have left VMware free to their own thing. As opposed to a lot of their other acquisitions that they bastardized in this rush to sell enterprises on everything private cloud. We'll see Broadcom ends up taking the same route.

vkat 4y ago
Quite agree, Dell/EMC treated VMware as independent.

joedissmeyer 4y ago

It is best to set your expectations extremely low for this type of acquisition. My personal opinion: Broadcom is _buying_ its way into the Enterprise technology space by hook or crook. When Broadcom acquires a company their M.O. is to immediately install finance-driven leadership and focus strictly on cost cutting measures coupled with accelerated profit-making endeavors. The only thing VMware employees have to look forward to in the near future are layoffs, all types of cost reductions, team consolidations (i.e. you do more work with less resources) and severely reduced R&D. And the only thing that VMware customers have to look forward to are increased VMware costs, more vendor lock-in, reduced satisfaction with support, and almost zero innovation. Again, this is just my opinion so I could end up be wrong. Or maybe I am just in a bad mood today... meh

sharken 4y ago
Bad mood i hope. Should Broadcom do all those things, they run a substantial risk of degrading the products offered by VMware, which is a poor business decision. Given the very profitable state of VMware, it's a lot more likely that they will only introduce minor changes.
m2f2 4y ago
Not at all. Broadcom is well known to pimp up license and maintenance prices for all their sw portfolio while cutting fat and flesh in the process. Disclaimer: forced Broadcom customer here
AtlasBarfed 4y ago
So Broadcom is just a better run IBM? IBM buys whatever product it wants for a foothold, milks it, chucks it out. It used to be Product X becomes Websphere Product X, then disappears from their salespeople's lips about 5 years later.