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AT&T Sues Broadcom For Breaching VMware Support Extension Contract
Friday September 6, 2024. 12:40 AM , from Slashdot
- Would impose significant additional contractual and technological obligations on AT - Would require AT&T to invest potentially millions to develop its network to accommodate the new software; - May violate certain rights of first refusal that AT&T has granted to third parties; - Would cost AT&T tens of millions more than the price of the support services alone. The complaint also suggests Broadcom's refusal to extend support creates enormous risk for US national security -- some of the ~8,600 servers that host AT&T's ~75,000 VMs 'are dedicated to various national security and public safety agencies within the federal government as well as the Office of the President.' Other VMs are relied upon by emergency responders, and still more 'deliver services to millions of AT&T customers worldwide' according to the suit. Without support from Broadcom, AT&T claims it fears 'widespread network outages that could cripple the operations of millions of AT&T customers worldwide' because it may not be able to fix VMware's software. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/205246/att-sues-broadcom-for-breaching-vmware-support-extens...
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