So Broadcom, the new VMware owner in less than a quarter changes the licence model to subscription only, and kicks out most service and sales partner, informing them on the quick that their contracts will be terminated and not renewed. Or perhaps, nobody exactly knows.
That literally screams build your business on closed source products, doesn't it?
They call the #GPL anti business , but somehow the mainstream is quite okay to overlook unacceptable behaviour from the big players?
Andreas K /
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2023-12-25 19:43:12
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