Broadcom says “many” VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan this week publicized some concessions aimed at helping customers and partners ease into VMware’s recent business model changes.

But amid questioning from antitrust officials in the European Union (EU), Tan announced that the company has already given support extensions for some VMware perpetual license holders.

Broadcom moving VMware to a subscription model was one of the allegations that led to EU officials' probe, MLex said last month.

However, various European trade groups, including Beltug, a Belgian CIO trade group, and the CIO Platform Nederland association for CIOs and CDOs, wrote a letter ( PDF) to the European Commission on March 28, requesting that the Commission "take appropriate action" against Broadcom, which it accused of implementing VMware business practices that resulted in "steeply increased prices," "non-fulfillment of previous contractual agreements," and Broadcom "refusing to maintain security conditions for perpetual licenses."

The company previously announced that it is killing the VMware Cloud Services Provider (CSP) partner program.

Another unnamed HPE partner told CRN that Broadcom's perceived prioritization of "the "bigger, more profitable customers, is sensible but "leaves a lot of people in the lurch."