https://consumerrights.wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Kevin 2026-04-29T12:17:53Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.44.0 https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=VMware&diff=15904 2025-06-24T13:58:42Z

<p>Kevin: /* Example incident two (date) */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Stub}}<br /> {{InfoboxCompany<br /> | Name = {{PAGENAME}}<br /> | Type =Subsidiary<br /> | Founded =1998<br /> | Industry =Virtualization Software<br /> | Official Website =https://www.vmware.com<br /> | Logo =Vmware.svg<br /> }}<br /> '''[[wikipedia:VMWare|VMware]]''' is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. The brand has been a subsidiary of Broadcom since November 2023.<br /> <br /> Since the Broadcom takeover, licensing and business model changes bordering on extortion, price increases, litigations against corporate users such as Siemens, deliberately ending support for [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ perpetual license] products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.<br /> <br /> ==Consumer-impact summary==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):<br /> * User freedom<br /> * User privacy<br /> * Business model<br /> * Market control}}<br /> <br /> ==Incidents==<br /> This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].<br /> ===Cease and Desist Letters/Notifications===<br /> An incident of a customer receiving a cease and desist letter from Broadcom, regarding perpetual licensing and other services offered.<br /> [[File:Undefined - Imgur.png|thumb]]<br /> ==Products==<br /> {{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.<br /> * [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.<br /> * [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}<br /> <br /> ==Alternatives==<br /> Alternatives include the popular free and open source project [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox], which has a less polished user interface but is otherwise functionally very close.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/<br /> <br /> https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1jzqbte/vmware_threatening_perpetual_license_holders_than/<br /> <br /> https://imgur.com/FbrdQya<br /> [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>

Kevin https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=VMware&diff=15903 2025-06-24T13:56:17Z

<p>Kevin: /* Example incident one (date) */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Stub}}<br /> {{InfoboxCompany<br /> | Name = {{PAGENAME}}<br /> | Type =Subsidiary<br /> | Founded =1998<br /> | Industry =Virtualization Software<br /> | Official Website =https://www.vmware.com<br /> | Logo =Vmware.svg<br /> }}<br /> '''[[wikipedia:VMWare|VMware]]''' is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. The brand has been a subsidiary of Broadcom since November 2023.<br /> <br /> Since the Broadcom takeover, licensing and business model changes bordering on extortion, price increases, litigations against corporate users such as Siemens, deliberately ending support for [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ perpetual license] products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.<br /> <br /> ==Consumer-impact summary==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):<br /> * User freedom<br /> * User privacy<br /> * Business model<br /> * Market control}}<br /> <br /> ==Incidents==<br /> This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].<br /> ===Cease and Desist Letters/Notifications===<br /> An incident of a customer receiving a cease and desist letter from Broadcom, regarding perpetual licensing and other services offered.<br /> [[File:Undefined - Imgur.png|thumb]]<br /> ===Example incident two (''date'')===<br /> ...<br /> <br /> ==Products==<br /> {{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.<br /> * [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.<br /> * [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}<br /> <br /> ==Alternatives==<br /> Alternatives include the popular free and open source project [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox], which has a less polished user interface but is otherwise functionally very close.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/<br /> <br /> https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1jzqbte/vmware_threatening_perpetual_license_holders_than/<br /> <br /> https://imgur.com/FbrdQya<br /> [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>

Kevin https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=File:Broadcom_VMWare_cease_and_desist_notice.png&diff=15902 2025-06-24T13:53:08Z

<p>Kevin: </p> <hr /> <div>a cease and desist letter received by a customer - shared on Reddit in the r/sysadmin forum</div>

Kevin https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=VMware&diff=15901 2025-06-24T13:49:42Z

<p>Kevin: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Stub}}<br /> {{InfoboxCompany<br /> | Name = {{PAGENAME}}<br /> | Type =Subsidiary<br /> | Founded =1998<br /> | Industry =Virtualization Software<br /> | Official Website =https://www.vmware.com<br /> | Logo =Vmware.svg<br /> }}<br /> '''[[wikipedia:VMWare|VMware]]''' is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. The brand has been a subsidiary of Broadcom since November 2023.<br /> <br /> Since the Broadcom takeover, licensing and business model changes bordering on extortion, price increases, litigations against corporate users such as Siemens, deliberately ending support for [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ perpetual license] products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.<br /> <br /> ==Consumer-impact summary==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):<br /> * User freedom<br /> * User privacy<br /> * Business model<br /> * Market control}}<br /> <br /> ==Incidents==<br /> {{Placeholder box|If the company page is short enough and/or the incident is not deserving of its own page, add incidents below in sub-sections (including the points outlined in [[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:Sample/Incident/Help|the incident help page]]) without linking/creating an incident page.<br /> <br /> If the company has various incidents listed and/or this page is getting too long, create subsections linking to each incident while linking to the main article and including a short summary. To link to the page use the &quot;Hatnote&quot; or &quot;Main&quot; templates.<br /> <br /> If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example). }}<br /> <br /> This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].<br /> ===Example incident one (''date'')===<br /> {{Main|link to the main article}}<br /> Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).<br /> ===Example incident two (''date'')===<br /> ...<br /> <br /> ==Products==<br /> {{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.<br /> * [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.<br /> * [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}<br /> <br /> ==Alternatives==<br /> Alternatives include the popular free and open source project [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox], which has a less polished user interface but is otherwise functionally very close.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/<br /> <br /> https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1jzqbte/vmware_threatening_perpetual_license_holders_than/<br /> <br /> https://imgur.com/FbrdQya<br /> [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>

Kevin https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=VMware&diff=15900 2025-06-24T13:49:01Z

<p>Kevin: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Stub}}<br /> {{InfoboxCompany<br /> | Name = {{PAGENAME}}<br /> | Type =Subsidiary<br /> | Founded =1998<br /> | Industry =Virtualization Software<br /> | Official Website =https://www.vmware.com<br /> | Logo =Vmware.svg<br /> }}<br /> '''[[wikipedia:VMWare|VMware]]''' is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. The brand has been a subsidiary of Broadcom since November 2023.<br /> <br /> Since the Broadcom takeover, licensing and business model changes bordering on extortion, price increases, litigations against corporate users such as Siemens, deliberately ending support for [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ perpetual license] products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.<br /> <br /> ==Consumer-impact summary==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):<br /> * User freedom<br /> * User privacy<br /> * Business model<br /> * Market control}}<br /> <br /> ==Incidents==<br /> {{Placeholder box|If the company page is short enough and/or the incident is not deserving of its own page, add incidents below in sub-sections (including the points outlined in [[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:Sample/Incident/Help|the incident help page]]) without linking/creating an incident page.<br /> <br /> If the company has various incidents listed and/or this page is getting too long, create subsections linking to each incident while linking to the main article and including a short summary. To link to the page use the &quot;Hatnote&quot; or &quot;Main&quot; templates.<br /> <br /> If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example). }}<br /> <br /> This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].<br /> ===Example incident one (''date'')===<br /> {{Main|link to the main article}}<br /> Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).<br /> ===Example incident two (''date'')===<br /> ...<br /> <br /> ==Products==<br /> {{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.<br /> * [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.<br /> * [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}<br /> <br /> ==Alternatives==<br /> Alternatives include the popular free and open source project [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox], which has a less polished user interface but is otherwise functionally very close.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/<br /> <br /> https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1jzqbte/vmware_threatening_perpetual_license_holders_than/<br /> [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>

Kevin https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=VMware&diff=15899 2025-06-24T13:22:40Z

<p>Kevin: /* Consumer-impact summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Stub}}<br /> {{InfoboxCompany<br /> | Name = {{PAGENAME}}<br /> | Type =Subsidiary<br /> | Founded =1998<br /> | Industry =Virtualization Software<br /> | Official Website =https://www.vmware.com<br /> | Logo =Vmware.svg<br /> }}<br /> '''[[wikipedia:VMWare|VMware]]''' is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. The brand has been a subsidiary of Broadcom since November 2023.<br /> <br /> Since the Broadcom takeover, licensing and business model changes bordering on extortion, price increases, litigations against corporate users such as Siemens, deliberately ending support for [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ perpetual license] products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.<br /> <br /> ==Consumer-impact summary==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):<br /> * User freedom<br /> * User privacy<br /> * Business model<br /> * Market control}}<br /> <br /> ==Incidents==<br /> {{Placeholder box|If the company page is short enough and/or the incident is not deserving of its own page, add incidents below in sub-sections (including the points outlined in [[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:Sample/Incident/Help|the incident help page]]) without linking/creating an incident page.<br /> <br /> If the company has various incidents listed and/or this page is getting too long, create subsections linking to each incident while linking to the main article and including a short summary. To link to the page use the &quot;Hatnote&quot; or &quot;Main&quot; templates.<br /> <br /> If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example). }}<br /> <br /> This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].<br /> ===Example incident one (''date'')===<br /> {{Main|link to the main article}}<br /> Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).<br /> ===Example incident two (''date'')===<br /> ...<br /> <br /> ==Products==<br /> {{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.<br /> * [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.<br /> * [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> {{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}<br /> <br /> ==Alternatives==<br /> Alternatives include the popular free and open source project [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox], which has a less polished user interface but is otherwise functionally very close.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/<br /> [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>

Kevin