“Our management thought it was a bluff…”…
    • Godnroc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      When they announced the change to licensing from annoying to awful, the company I was with at the time immediately started looking for alternatives. I imagine that the announcement will be spoken about as the downfall of the company in future video essays.

      • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        I’d be surprised if this takes down Broadcom altogether, but could certainly kill the division. Oracle still exists, after all, even though they basically killed Sun and Java.

      • Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        The company I work for did the same, it’s not easy to completely replace an onpremise virtual farm but we’re working on it :)

  • ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    Why are companies so fuckin stupid. They bought a product that basically prints money and then they proceed to do everything in their power to burn it to the ground. Just don’t fuckin touch it.