EU probes Broadcom/VMware deal over impact on hardware, not price hikes or cloudy concerns
The reason given for the probe is: “The transaction would allow Broadcom to restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components which interoperate with VMware's software.”
foreclosing competitors' hardware by preventing them from using VMware's server virtualisation software or degrading their access to it. I think he’s right. If Broadcom does the things the EC worries about, it deserves to have the book thrown at it by regulators and VMware customers alike. The notion that Broadcom would change VMware’s ethos and make only its own kit compatible – or optimally interoperable - is therefore far-fetched because Broadcom can surely see that imposing that decision on VMware customers would irritate them immensely.
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