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Title: VMware Price Hikes? Between 800 and 1,500% Since Acquisition By
Broadcom, Claim Euro Customers

Link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/22/1818256/v...

Broadcom has upped VMware licensing costs by between eight to 15 times since
it took over the organization, and a lack of alternatives in the tech
industry means trade and end customers have no choice but to play ball. From
a report: This is the according to the European Cloud Competition Observatory
(ECCO), an independent body formed by customer organizations, and CISPE -- a
trade association of 37 cloud providers in the region -- to monitor the
behavior of software vendors accused of abusing their monopoly position. The
report also calls for regulatory intervention. The current subscription model
"creates a material risk for the company and their shareholders should
Regulators investigate and challenge the legality of such model," the report
adds.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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