VMware customers are venting their spleen over the licensing changes coming in vSphere 5, which in some cases will amount to a significant price hike. Evidence of customers' frustration can be ...

‘The fact that you can run as many cores in a single processor as you can with two processors from another manufacturer, that means you can cut down your licensing costs considerably,’ says ...

As with other changes since the acquisition, Broadcom claims it is simplifying licensing for VMware customers ... as well as ...

VMware, which had marketed heavily its perpetual licensing approach ... Additionally, Broadcom has introduced a new offering, VMware vSphere Foundation, targeting mid-sized to smaller customers ...