Thread regarding VMware layoffs

@3wfp+1jY7rLVe clearly you struggle to say anything of intelligence. If you are an example of the caliber of people who work at Broadcom, then thats one more thing to add to the list of horrible things I've heard about the place.

Indeed, the “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” text is long than the blog post.

What a circus this is…

@ HoLeeFukHock when did I ever imply Hock cared about customers or society?!?!? In fact I implied Hock is being dishonest.

Look who is the mo--n now! Hey troll, how about before you call people mo--ns, you try to read and understand their post first. Otherwise you look like and id--t and a child.

If there is something of actual substance you would like to intelligently disagree with in my post, please go ahead. Otherwise for the benefit of all, and the embarrassment you clearly to continue to cause your parents, please SHUT UP!

Everything that Hock is posting has a forward looking statement. Regulators know what this is and ignore all his posts.

What could he possibly do to VMware's core products (vSphere, NSX, Aria) to make them so much better

Free egg roll with every order over 10k?

Which large customers pay full price anyway? He just needs to not give any discounts and he wins the game of wordplay.

Why he bothers is a mystery, does he really fear the EU regulators?

Certainly he doesn’t fear backlash from customers and partners, he has “been there done” that too many times. That is his BAU.

"All in all, none of this is good for customers, or societies in general...". Such naïveté. Who ever said he CARED about customers, society...? really? society? are you a complete m0ron? seriously? society... OMFUG...

. I hope regulators ki-l the deal, and stop this type of business model.

Sounds like what people said walking out of the theatre after seeing Wall St in 1987.

Same sh-t, different decade.

I’m betting on the deal closing and Hock unleashing the spreadsheets from he-l that his team have been busily preparing all these many months.

Heads will spin!

You won’t recognize VMware in a year post acquisition.

Agreed. Hock is playing politician right now. Anyone with half a brain should see through this.

Every company has to raise prices every now and then, for many good business reasons. So saying he will NEVER raise prices, is a commitment he should NEVER make. What he should be saying to truly calm fears, is commit to not price gouging customers, which is ultimately what everyone is worried about.

As folks have mentioned on the internal Slack channel and here, he's most likely being deceptive. He could easily stop offering deep discounts and unlimited ELA's to customers, which would result in significant increases for customers, and he could also just switch to subscription pricing and achieve the same effect.

One way or another, customers will see their VMware costs go up substantially. On top of that, they will see support go away. Only customers that spend millions will be given semi-decent support. This will encourage 99% of VMware's customers to go elsewhere.

The problem is, where else does a small customer go?

The cloud? Not everyone can do that due to compliance reasons, and even the ones that can are not always successful at it.

Nutanix? That's an option, but they might also be acquired by private equity.

Hyper-V, that's certainly a possibility, but will cost organizations significantly in migration costs.

All in all, none of this is good for customers, or societies in general, who still depend on core infrastructure for many critical services. I hope regulators ki-l the deal, and stop this type of business model.

Hock seems desperate in the blogs he is posting. I agree he is either concerned the deal won’t go through or lying to appease customers and will sc--w them after the deal.

Remember the infamous quote "Read my lips, no new taxes...".

But Octane is right, he won't raise prices. He'll just refuse to renew at the prior contract discounts.... LMFAO

Take a look at these quotes from the CA acquisition. Deja-vu all over again.

https://www.broadcom.com/sw-tech-blogs/mainframe/the-realnews-behind-the-broadcom-ca-technologies-acquisition

You would think by now everyone would see past the PR smoke screen.

People are paid to write this dribble, all that matter is Dell can get another creepy room on his yacht and Silver Lake folks can buy that house on the California shore they always wanted.

I take these blog posts as a sign that Hock is getting worried the deal will not be approved, even though they are putting on a confident face for investors. It's basically an acknowledgment of his past, well-established harmful business practices, and the need to change perceptions. Reeks of desperation.

A changed man! Wow, did I miss the exorcism?

Fake Tan in action!

Enjoy the carcass of VMware Hock, milk it dry and move on to the next conquest.

Maybe you can make the lives of at least a million people before you leave this earth, I believe in you!

wow some actual pushback in the slack chanel too

Hock will embrace partners alright…just so can he reach around and stab them in the backs!