Good. VMware has been adding so much useless stuff it's astonishing. Anyone thinking about migrating - check OSS things out. Might not be as advanced, but do you really need all of that crap?
1 in 5 VMware customers plan to leave its stack next year
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/08/vmware_customer_forrester_prediction/
13 Comments
sturlabragason@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Drop the VMs and modernize. Containers, Kubernetes or if you really need VMs then get some cloud stuff, IaC. It's a brave new world.
Oh yeah and I never liked VMware, they are the Oracle of VMs.
DarkenLM@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
Ironic, since their direct competitor is Oracle VirtualBox lol
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Proxmox would like a word.
DarkenLM@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Never head of them, funnily enough. Interesting.
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
If you have a spare machine (or 2 if you want to test migration features) chuck it on and play around, it’s awesome.
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
On the desktop side
circuscritic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
VirtualBox is not an enterprise solution. These customers would be switching to hypervisor solutions like Citrix, Nutanix, etc.
Or containerizing with something like Kubernates.
Or moving to a cloud native solution.
Any number of things, just not moving their enterprise workloads to VirtualBox.
ledtasso@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Is there an alternative to windows VMs?
samokosik@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y
You999@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Assuming you mean hyper-v, I can't recommend proxmox enough.
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Windows host or Windows guest?
Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 2y
It's a bloated new world. The closer you can stick to the metal - the better your product will be.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Strongly agree.
ratman150@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
My company is planning exactly this. VMware kinda sucks right now and keeps getting insanely expensive for no reason.