CISPE says concessions 'solve nothing'
Euro cloud trade body CISPE has hit back at concessions offered by Broadcom over VMware licensing, saying these do not address key issues that led it to lobby the European Commission into investigating.
Those changes amounted to support extensions for customers that need more time to consider the change to subscription licensing, and providing some ongoing security patches for customers who decide to stick with their perpetual licenses.that the subscription license model has never been the problem, but that"massive and unjustifiable" hikes in prices now threaten the economic viability of cloud services used by many customers in Europe.
The partner program for Cloud Services Providers , for example, requires them to commit to licensing a minimum of 3,500 cores, whichCISPE also poured scorn on the offer to continue zero-day patch support for existing perpetual license customers, saying this is"insulting in its limitations.
There is growing concern that Broadcom's decisions will stifle innovation and harm cloud competition, he added.
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