BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months ago“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-link“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T saysarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLaurel Raven@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThis sort of buy-fatten-milk-kill acquisition should just be flat out illegal
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI don’t really see a problem with it. It painful short term but has the benefit of breaking up centralization and single points of failure.
minus-squareLaurel Raven@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m not sure I follow your logic there, it looks to me like it has the opposite long term effect by removing what competition actually is there
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell no. VMware had a monopoly but now they have successfully pushed everyone to other software. Not everyone is using the same alternative so the market is more diverse.
This sort of buy-fatten-milk-kill acquisition should just be flat out illegal
I don’t really see a problem with it. It painful short term but has the benefit of breaking up centralization and single points of failure.
I’m not sure I follow your logic there, it looks to me like it has the opposite long term effect by removing what competition actually is there
Well no. VMware had a monopoly but now they have successfully pushed everyone to other software. Not everyone is using the same alternative so the market is more diverse.