VMware is virtualization software. Basically, it allows multiple copies of operating systems to run on the same hardware at one time. Broadcom purchased them a while back. When Broadcom bought VMware, you could purchase perpetual licenses for as few as 16 CPUs. In the time since, Broadcom appears to have shut out small companies by requiring 72 CPUs, and also upping the costs for those licenses. The convenience store Sheetz is now in the middle of a massive migration to a different platform. T-Mobile went the lawsuit route, as their costs tripled across their 303,140 CPUs. This is causing ripple effects in the IT space, as many companies are looking for their own exit strategy.
T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses.
Source: T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit – Ars Technica
