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VMware Kills Off 56 Products (www.thestack.technology)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/96168

These products are not being scrapped, they're ending perpetual licensing. Broadcom wants all customers under a subscription model to milk the most money out of them.