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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: VMWARE/ESXi Linux
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 21:42:09 -0000 (UTC)
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Interesting report
<https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/company-claims-1000-percent-price-hike-drove-it-from-vmware-to-open-source-rival/>
on a company which switched from VMware to an open-source alternative
as a result of Broadcom’s massive price hikes, and encountered an
unexpected benefit: the resources consumed by system management
overhead on the new product were so much less, they could run more VMs
on the same hardware.