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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">didn't VMWare have a free version recently?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I never investigated one the recent posts sent out too much.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I didn't know the costs doubled.  Wow!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yes I have heard talk of Kubernetes and the like around.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I took a course through the Maricopa school district last year but haven't used it professionally yet.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">so much change to keep up with...</div><div><br></div>
        
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                        On Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 04:13:28 PM MST, Adam Mercer via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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                <div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> speaking of VMs I see they are migrating from VMWare to OpenShift from Red Hat at work.<br clear="none">> Anyone know more about this? Is it cost based?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">More than likely due to the increased costs in VMWare since the<br clear="none">Broadcom acquisition. At work our VMWare licensing costs doubled and<br clear="none">that was with going down a license level and losing a few features. I<br clear="none">think it was a seven fold increase to stay with the same license. Some<br clear="none">other groups at work saw their costs increase by a factor of twelve. I<br clear="none">know there are discussions about moving away from VMWare to something<br clear="none">else, but that's occurring above my paygrade.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Adam<div class="yqt2316043311" id="yqtfd05302"><br clear="none">---------------------------------------------------<br clear="none">PLUG-discuss mailing list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br clear="none">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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