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Broadcom sends cease-and-desist letters to subscription-less VMware users (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world

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[–] albert180@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some customers of Members IT Group, a managed services provider (MSP) in Canada, have received this letter, despite not receiving VMware updates since their support contracts expired, CTO Dean Colpitts told Ars. One customer, he said, received a letter six days after their support contract expired.

They will for sure push an automatic update after this and sue.

The ORACLE Way

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Oh ORACLE

One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I dont see how that could be legal.

[–] albert180@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Microsoft did label a Windows Server Upgrade accidentally as a security patch once, causing Servers to upgrade, thus requiring a new license

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/windows_2025_surprise_install/