So after months of being guarded, the vSphere 4 code was announced to the world as having reached “gold” status.
The announcement came with a substantial sting in the tail for VMWare’s current large enterprise customers and Cisco. The introduction of the new “Enterprise Plus” license option, allows no existing VMware licensee to be eligible for without further payment.
This has left a lot of users furious at what they describe as “an insult”. The sting has been made even worse as it has come at a time when corporate spending is down across the board and many businesses are struggling.
VMWare’s introduction of a layer above the current top license tier, just doesn’t make any sense. Existing top tier customers are not happy with the prospect of having to cough up more for it.
VMTN “vSphere Enterprise Plus position” Thread
