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}}VMWare is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. Since Novermber 2023, it is a subsidiary of Broadcom.
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'''[[wikipedia:VMWare|VMware]]''' is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. The brand has been a subsidiary of Broadcom since November 2023.


Since the Broadcom takeover, licensing and business model changes bordering on extortion, price increases, litigations against corprorate users such as Siemens, deliberately ending support for perpetual licens products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.{{Placeholder box|An introductory paragraph starting with "'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a ...<ref name":0">ref goes here</ref>"}}
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 perpetual license products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.


==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer-impact summary==
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== Alternatives ==
==Alternatives==
Alternatives include the popular free and open source project [https://www.proxmox.com/de/ Proxmox], which has a less polished user interface but is otherwise functionally very close.
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.


==References==
==References==