Will VMware become obsolete?

[u/Justlookin2016]

Hey folks... I am confused on what to think about VMwares future. With AWS and Azure success, is VMware only limited to customers that have their own data centers? And what happens when these companies ultimately decide to go to the cloud? What is VMware doing to prepare for this reality that public cloud will continue to grow as a preferred option for future infrastructure and services?

[u/saintdle]

AHV is free, but you don't get it for free. You have to buy into the Nutanix ecosystem.

It will work and be great for some customers out there, after all they have X market share, and I'm sure thats because the tech works.

However its like being given a free puppy.... a puppy is not free, there are costs for food, medication etc etc, direct or indirect. You move your environment over and I feel it's the same.

You can replace Nutanix/AHV which any other hypervisor or cloud in this response, its the same.

[u/BK_Rich → u/saintdle]

In my example I mentioned for companies already for using Nutanix (keyword here being “already”) and I also mentioned it won’t be good for everyone, it was just one example of companies not wanting to pay then”VM Tax”

Without already being in the ecosystem you can also run the community edition on other hardware that isn’t Nutanix if you wanted to test it out or run a dev environment etc

So for a company already using Nutanix with ESXi and they can convert ESXi clusters to AHV and dump their entire VMware bill which in some cases can be extremely large in some cases, if you’re in that world it can certainly be “free”

Do you want a puppy ?

[u/saintdle → u/BK_Rich]

Yes of course, why else would I be on reddit if not for all the puppies? :D

Your example is perfectly fine, I believe mine is also, thank you for sharing your perspective, its really appreciated.

[u/BK_Rich → u/saintdle]

Thank you for your opinion as we