From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2024-12-04, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   > On 12/4/2024 8:20 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   >> On a more serious note, does anyone else think Broadcom are showing absolute   
   >> contempt towards their users ?   
   >   
   > I am expecting companies to attempt to maximize profit.   
   >   
   > That expectation tend to minimize disappointment.  :-)   
   >   
   > Question is of course whether Broadcom is maximizing profit!   
   >   
   > The pricing strategy seems to be to cash in now and not worry about   
   > long term as opposed to try and setup a long term steady income.   
   >   
   > Given the move to containers and cloud then I actually think that it may   
   > be a profit maximizing strategy. With a shrinking market then the value   
   > of long term is not so big.   
   >   
   > But that raises another question: why did they pay so much? The price   
   > hikes may be profit maximizing, but it will not bring in what they paid   
   > for VMWare.   
   >   
      
   I wonder if their level of arrogance exceeded their level of competence ?   
      
   >   It reminds me of the person who took over   
   >> supply of a vital medical drug in the US a few years ago and promptly   
   >> increased the price massively because the users of the drug where a capture   
   >> market that _needed_ to buy the drug.   
   >   
   > This guy:   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli   
   >   
      
   Yes. I wonder how much more of this the US is in for over the next 4 years. :-(   
      
   Simon.   
      
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   Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
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