Imagine receiving a letter from your landlord demanding immediate eviction – and threatening legal action if you don't vacate the premises within 10 days. That's the predicament a local school district found itself in when they received a cease and desist letter from Broadcom, the parent company of VMware.
The district had been using a perpetual VMware license, assuming that, like many other software licenses, it would remain valid indefinitely. However, they lapsed on support. This triggered a swift and uncompromising response from Broadcom, demanding immediate compliance or facing severe consequences.
The district was given a stark choice:
- Pay a hefty back-payment fee for the time they had been operating without support, a sum that would likely drain a significant portion of their IT budget.
- Scramble to migrate their entire infrastructure off VMware within a mere 10 days.
The situation was a nightmare. The district faced the threat of costly legal action, potential disruptions to their educational operations, and the daunting task of migrating their entire IT infrastructure on an impossibly short deadline. This incident serves as a cautionary tale for all educational institutions.
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