I think the penny dropped when layoffs were announced and channel partners were cut off.

I’m kind of in the same boat. Mid sized with enough cash to deal with the new status quo.

Broadcom acquired VMware and has a reputation for making good value products into poor value product in the industry. They seem to be doing just that.

I feel like Broadcom is aiming for cloud-like pricing for on prem services with none of the other benefits inherent to an Azure or AWS deployment. Not exactly the way to hold onto clients.

I’m familiar with proxmox and the broader KVM ecosystem. I’m also a huge fan of Veeam, who have said they’re exploring support for proxmox. Shouldn’t be too difficult to implement, given they have a RHEL backup product already.

Exciting stuff.

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Another vote for Veeam. I use it at home and professionally. It’s a solid product and has saved my ass countless times.

Isn’t this sort of policy what the fediverse is meant to distrupt?

I’ll still be enjoying adult lunchables.

If you’re breaking into the industry, I’d say esxi. If it’s a hobby, then proxmox since you’re already familiar.