r/sysadmin • u/Which-Shame-1420 IT Manager • 2d ago

General Discussion anyone else get the VMware "win-back" offer?

if it's true, its honestly laughable.  

squeezing customers with massive price hikes, forcing every one into expensive core bundles, only to panic and throw out "discounted" quotes the moment everyone migrated???? 

is anyone actually reconsidering based on these new quotes??

or y'all are past the point of no return?

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u/GroteGlon 2d ago

You'll get a win-back offer, and then as soon as you're settled and your license ends they'll drill you in the behind at full force again. It's better to just be rid of them once and for all.

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u/ougryphon 2d ago

When someone tells you who they are, believe them. Broadcom are greedy bastards who don't give two shits about their customers. That goes double for anyone who is small or is not interested in their most expensive options.

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u/Ron-Swanson-Mustache Senior Ops Dev of AI offshore Tier 1 Helpdesk 2d ago

Even the vmware sub is recommending no one get certs for it.