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how's your week going, Beehaw (beehaw.org)

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it's a bit of a busy week but i am currently reading I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly why I got a UPS! The electric lines to my building are overhead instead of underground, so sometimes weather makes things flicker.

And I'm using ESXi 6.5 still. There were free licenses available, but I think for the CyberPower UPS software that I'm using, it requires a non-free license. Luckily, there are license keys floating around the Internet.

A friend and I did consider buying a proper license (I have access to non-profit pricing), but with Broadcom's recent pricing changes and massive increases for VMWare products, that's probably not an option anymore. I think VMWare also pulled the free personal-use licenses, as well. I may eventually transition to Promox (which I do have on another server) or something else. Broadcom really did a number on VMWare =/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Yep, we've been dealing with the !!FUN!! of the new licensing changes at work. My boss strongly doubts Broadcom will just stop honoring the perpetual licenses, as they've claimed they might. Although I agreed with him, I ended up convincing him to just get the stupid subscription. The joys of enterprise software plans. :D