Subj : Re: Choice of hypervisors
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : 2twisty
Date : Tue Jul 05 2022 10:23:08

 pF> I'm sure they'll go away after being acquired by Broadcom. In their
 pF> memo,  they cited that something like 75% of their revenues come from a
 pF> handful of  their top customers. Reading between the lines, it sounds
 pF> like they're  focusing on them and the hundreds of thousands of smaller
 pF> customers are in  limbo.

In their defense, ESXi offers features that most small businesses never need. So, they can roll with xcp-ng or proxmox (or whatever flavor of KVM they want) for free.

So focusing on the feataures that enterprise customers want, need and are willing to pay for is just what the shareholders need.

However, keeping a free tier has its benefits.  It allows nerds like me to play with it and become familiar with its base features, so that I can then go to the company president and recommend that they buy a license.

At my previous job, I wanted to explore xcp-ng as an alternative to ESXi, but I got overruled and was not given the "work time" to explore it.  As a result, I have ESXi on my homelab so I could better support the company's invrastructure.  I'm now getting around to playing with it.

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