Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option

From	cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option
Date	2026-05-08 10:44 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In article <10tistu$2cr9s$1@dont-email.me>,
Dave Froble  <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>On 5/7/2026 8:39 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2026-05-06, John Dallman <jgd@cix.co.uk> wrote:
>>> In article <10tdcvj$kevq$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) wrote:
>>>
>>>> PS: Sorry :-), but, seriously, what the hell ??? Gartner saying
>>>> this ???
>>>
>>> Ah, you haven't grasped just how thoroughly Broadcom have alienated the
>>> VMware customer base, especially the large ones. My employer's VMware
>>> replacement plan is well behind the original schedule, but nobody is even
>>> considering staying with Broadcom. The pricing is far too abusive.
>>>
>>
>> I knew they had seriously annoyed them (and had posted comments along those
>> lines), but I admit I had not realised just how incredibly bad and toxic
>> that situation had actually become.
>
>One has to wonder what their end game is?  When one has a milk cow producing 
>well, one doesn't consign it to hamburger.

Cynically?

Squeeze every dime you can out of the product while users are
chained to it, funnel your customers into the cloud as they jump
ship, and sell hardware to the cloud providers.  Once a
sufficient number have abandoned it, kill the product(s).

	- Dan C.

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Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-05 18:30 +0000
  Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-05 16:39 -0400
    Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 22:00 +0000
  Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) - 2026-05-06 18:58 +0100
    Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-07 12:39 +0000
      Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2026-05-07 16:32 -0400
        Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-07 16:45 -0400
        Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-08 10:44 +0000
        Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) - 2026-05-08 12:57 +0100
  Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2026-05-06 22:02 +0200
    Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-05-06 17:09 -0400
      Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-06 22:10 +0000
    Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option David Wade <dave@g4ugm.invalid> - 2026-05-06 23:15 +0200
      Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-06 22:26 +0000
        Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option David Wade <dave@g4ugm.invalid> - 2026-05-07 09:00 +0200
          Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-08 11:19 +0000
            Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option David Wade <dave@g4ugm.invalid> - 2026-05-08 15:01 +0200
              Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-08 21:12 +0000
              Re: Gartner now recommending the mainframe as a possible option cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-10 19:56 +0000

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