VMware 5.0 Licensing Changes: Your voices have been heard

Posted by khess on Aug 4, 2011 12:52 PM EDT
ZDNet Virtualization Blog; By Ken Hess
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VMware alters its 5.0 licensing model based upon customer feedback. Toast the company that listens to its constituents. Can a company run for public office?

Do you think big companies don’t listen to your insignificant voice? Ordinarily, I might agree that they don’t. I would join the chorus in saying that big corporations bow to their boards and investors. And, we’d be right. However, VMware is different. They don’t have to be different but they are. VMware is the Microsoft of the virtualization space and they don’t have to pander to anyone’s murmuring, complaining or whining. They could hold you for ransom. Some of you thought that’s exactly what was happening with the new VMware 5.0 licensing model announced in mid-July. Today, VMware shows that its focus is on you, the customer.

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