VMware的Rick Walsworth（Director of Product Marketing）在1月22日的发表了“VMware End of Availability of Perpetual Licensing and SaaS Services”:
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/01/22/vmware-end-of-availability-of-perpetual-licensing-and-saas-services/
正式宣布终止永久许可。
文章中说未来VMware的产品线提供2个产品线和一个服务：
VCF(VMware Cloud foundation)：就是俗称的全家桶，包括vSphere,vSAN,NSX和Aria，可以理解是为有钱人准备的
VVF(VMware vSphere Foundation)：这个是为传统的vSphere环境的用户准备的，包括Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs, 如果客户的业务比较少，还是可以继续选购vSphere Standard和vSphre Essential Plus Kit
VMware add-on Services:附加于上述两个产品上的附加服务
简单说就是未来只能通过续订模式向VMware订购上述两个产品线中的产品。
文章中还列出了之前的产品和新的产品线的替代关系：
| Products no longer available as standalone (all editions and pricing metrics) | Replacement Product Included in VCF/VVF/Add-on?(Y/N) | Which Product or Add-On? |
| VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus | Y | VCF, VVF |
| VMware vSphere+ | N | |
| VMware vSphere Enterprise | N | |
| VMware vSphere Standard (excluding subscription) | Y | Replaced with new vSphere Standard |
| VMware vSphere ROBO | N | |
| VMware vSphere Scale Out | N | |
| VMware vSphere Desktop | N | |
| VMware vSphere Acceleration Kits | N | |
| VMware vSphere Essentials Kit | N | |
| VMware vSphere Essentials Plus (excluding new subscription offering) | Y | Replaced with vSphere Essentials Plus Kit |
| VMware vSphere Starter/Foundation | N | |
| VMware vSphere with Operations Management | N | |
| VMware vSphere Basic | N | |
| VMware vSphere Advanced | N | |
| VMware vSphere Storage Appliance | N | |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free edition) | N | |
| VMware Cloud Foundation (excluding new VCF subscription offering) | N | |
| VMware Cloud Foundation for VDI | N | |
| VMware Cloud Foundation for ROBO | N | |
| VMware SDDC Manager | Y | VCF |
| VMware vCenter Standard | Y | VCF, VVF and vSphere STD |
| VMware vCenter Foundation | N | |
| VMware vSAN | Y | VCF, VVF, vSAN add-on |
| VMware vSAN ROBO | N | |
| VMware vSAN Desktop | N | |
| VMware vSAN+ | N | |
| VMware HCI Kit | N | |
| VMware Site Recovery Manager | Y | SRM Add-On Service |
| VMware Cloud Editions/Cloud Packs | N | Replaced with VCF, VVF |
| VMware vCloud Suite | N | Replaced with VCF, VVF |
| VMware Aria Suite (formerly vRealize Suite) | Y | VCF, VVF |
| VMware Aria Universal Suite (formerly vRealize Cloud Universal) | N | |
| VMware Aria Suite Term | Y | VCF, VVF |
| VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight) | Y | VCF |
| VMWare Aria Operations for Networks Universal (formerly vRealize Network Insight Universal) | N | |
| VMware vRealize Network Insight ROBO | N | |
| VMWare Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) | Y | VVF, VCF |
| VMware vRealize Operations 8 Application Monitoring Add-On | N | |
| VMware Aria Operations | Y | VVF, VCF |
| VMware Aria Automation | Y | VCF |
| VMware Aria Suite Cloud for US Public Sector | N | |
| VMware Aria Automation for Secure Hosts add-on (formerly SaltStack SecOps) | Y | Tanzu Guardrails Add-On |
| VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack SecOps add-on | Y | Tanzu Guardrails Add-On |
| VMware Aria Operations for Integrations (formerly vRealize True Visibility Suite) | Y | VCF, VVF |
| VMware Cloud Director | Y | VCF (CSP only) |
| VMware Cloud Director Service | N | |
| VMware NSX | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall (with ATP) |
| VMware NSX for Desktop | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall (with ATP) |
| VMware NSX ROBO | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall (with ATP) |
| VMware NSX Distributed Firewall | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall |
| VMware NSX Gateway Firewall | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall |
| VMware NSX Threat Prevention to Distributed Firewall | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall (with ATP) |
| VMware NSX Threat Prevention to Gateway Firewall | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall (with ATP) |
| VMware NSX Advanced Threat Prevention to Distributed Firewall | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall (with ATP) |
| VMware NSX Advanced Threat Prevention to Gateway Firewall | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall (with ATP) |
| VMware Advanced Load Balancer | Y | VMware Avi Load Balancer Add-On (also standalone) |
| VMware Container Networking Enterprise with Antrea | Y | VCF and VMware Firewall |
| VMware HCX | Y | VCF |
| VMware HCX+ | N |
说说我的感受：
1.软件的许可从永久转为续订应该是趋势，博通公司旗下其实还有如CA，赛门铁克这样的软件公司，毕竟是用610亿美元真金白银收购VMware，相信其不会不珍惜，之前VMware也是有这种授权模式，据说现在开出的价格比之前还优惠；但从长远看， 对客户而言软件上的开销肯定提升，博通公司未来也可以提价，也可能是为了应对盗版的一个办法，这一定会赶走一部分用户；由于VMware不再提供免费的esxi许可（只需要用邮箱注册），我已经看到一些油管的博主开始考虑转移到其他免费平台，这可能会严重影响VMware在类似Home Lab、DIY市场的王者地位，长远而言对VMware未必是好事。
2.VMware之前的产品确实有些复杂，可能是要应对不同的市场和客户需求；通过VCF和VFF进行简化可能会导致对一些客户的需求不能匹配的问题，但是VMware还是为一些入门的客户保留vSphere Standard和 vSphere Essentials Plus Kit 这样极具性价比的产品，还算心怀慈悲。
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