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Re:It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer by generic92034 on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:01AM (#40453139)
> They both opened a tender process and shot him

What does that mean?

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Re:It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer by cjk2 on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:05AM (#40453156)
They approached multiple vendors for quotations who undercut him vastly. So he didn’t get the business.
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Re:It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer by misnome on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:24AM (#40453302)
I read as https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-be-s...
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Re:It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer by mattlondon on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:35AM (#40453410)
I interpreted it as "fired him"
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Re:It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer by quickthrowman on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:40AM (#40453448)
They went shopping for a new vendor by sending out a request for proposal to multiple companies.
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Re:It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer by re-thc on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:25AM (#40453314)
> They both opened a tender process and shot him

> What does that mean?

Self defense. Gun rights.

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