Am I missing something? Why should I care about the Broadcom merger?

Honestly asking here. Not picking a fight.

Don’t get me wrong. I love the products. I dove in on ESX 2.1 and never looked back. I dislike what they are doing and specifically how, but I wasn’t buying any of their stuff before. The companies I worked for were.

People take it so personally and seem so angry about the merger. I feel like we’re mechanics at a Chrysler dealer when they were bought out… who gives a shit? Mechanics are going to find jobs. So would all of us if the worst happens. And that’s what it is. A job. VMware is just one tool at our job.

Also… not sure the worst will happen. I’m waiting for the next launch and next big announcement. Just because Broadcom has a history, they do want profit. It could be a good move. And I’ll get more tools to do the job with the VCF suite.

I’m also not disagreeing with the strategy if I’m being honest. Having to support VDI was a pain and the jobs were close for a while, but they don’t really overlap anymore. It’s a good call to sell it, and a good way to get a good price. WTF was Airwatch even doing in there? They bought companies like a TGIFridays decorates. Getting rid of the pricing nonsense and going in-n-out menu style? Makes my job way easier. Focuses on my product.

License cost? That’s my biggest one. I’ve saved clients and companies many millions with my strategies over the years. Ran things razor thin to save them a few bucks. Only to get stiffed on my own pay and bonus. Pigs get what pigs deserve. I could care less how screwed they are. I’ll get paid to migrate them somewhere else and run that too. Probably more.

This looks like the same strategy that drug companies use on meds that they 100x the price on. Again… great. I’d rather it happen here if it can’t happen on insulin anymore.

What’s the worst case scenario for you? Having to start over on a new hypervisor isn’t going to be so bad.

So what am I missing?