Does anyone know if Hock Tan is invited? Not that I think it will make any difference. So far I heard Tim Cook, Jamie Dimon, and Elon Musk. I think I also hear Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. Is Hock Tan on the list? Is he gonna crash the venue... — read more 

You really think this limbo will be over in less than 2 weeks? Think again! Peace of closure is the last thing the gods of tech and politics would want to give you. I have heard the prophecy that it will continue on for another year. Tremble... — read more 

I would think that AVGO and VMW will just work out a new deal and carry on. A joint statement with a more realistic date of March is maybe announced but neither company will want to walk away after all the negotiating. Eventually there will be... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/in-broadcom-vmware-deal-all-eyes-on-apec-2023-and-chinese-president-s-san-francisco-stop

My personal zeitgeist tells me we have plowed through the anger phase. There are p-o marks, Cheetos dust, and empty bottles ever where. Are we ready to move onto the next phase together? A more enlightened phase?

Letter received today from Broadcom for a transitional period. No one on my team has received any letters until this point, and we’re all now getting the same letter with the same duration. I find it surprising that Broadcom would continue to send... — read more 

https://www.channelfutures.com/technologies/analyst-gives-broadcom-vmware-two-thirds-chance-of-completing

Shouldn’t this be class action lawsuit at this point ? Has anyone consulted with lawyer on what can be used to build a case and pursue action? I literally think the way all this went down, this should be case study in business on what no to do. Would... — read more 

I didn't expect that to happen. This guy has it made, so why he'd choose to leave is beyond me - unless he knows something the rest of us regular peons don't. I would lie if I said I wasn't getting a bit worried. I hope things get resolved sooner... — read more 

The benefit of getting this BC offer and seeing how HT and his company truly runs, I will be looking for a new job and taking it as soon as I can. Bummed I didn’t decline on the 27th but live and learn.

For those who are wondering about the legality of stock being frozen, RSUs vested but not paid, misleading investors regarding the transaction and causing vmware and its employees and customers irreparable harm due to inappropriate actions and... — read more 

Seriously! maybe they are working somewhere else and waiting for their final paycheck from VMW?

If you had asked me two weeks ago about this deal, I was pretty confident it was going to happen and all of us would get the closure we needed but MAN has that changed. Looking at the dates, there is very little room between now and 11/26. Too much... — read more 

I see a lot of negativity here and it is obvious some of you have never experienced life in a bad company. VMware is/was a good place to work. Sure there were issues, but in general, it tried to treat employees well. That is all going away, but I... — read more 

It has been so for a while. I can't understand why more of you don't see this as a great opportunity to move on to somewhere better with a nice safety net in the way of severance in tow. I'm certainly not spending all my time stressing about what's... — read more 

Is that feasible? What are your views on this? Just checking if anyone has any information on this??

Do we think the deal will close this week, esp after the APEC meeting? My feeling is with what’s on the line for Biden re perceived weakness on China for his re-election and all the political tensions in the US right now, they probably won’t be... — read more 

Let’s say the deal doesn’t happen and the share price drops to something like 80. All the shares are locked until whenever and people are prevented from selling to avoid a potential loss. When do shareholders get the choice to sell again? — read more 

Let’s say that the deal doesn’t happen and the share price drops from where it is today to somewhere around 80. The shares are locked and no one can trade currently which could prevent people taking a potential loss if they were able to sell them now... — read more 

https://thecapitolforum.com/samr-shuffles-top-merger-officials-amid-probes-of-sensitive-chip-deals-2/

Could this be who buys EUC https://amp.scmp.com/tech/article/3240901/citrix-owner-cloud-software-becomes-latest-us-software-company-quit-china-economy-weakens

Can someone share that? Thanks in advance

To the blood su-king self serving executive teams who thought fu--ing us all over selling us to the fu-ken chinese would mean a pay day To the nepotistic a--hole VPs who protected their friends and favorites and themselves It’s going to be... — read more 

True story. https://youtu.be/5FjWe31S_0g?si=o1Qn_hxKXmUzY485

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/events-calendar If you look at the FTC calendar, they have 2 events scheduled for Thursday Nov 16 of next week. First event is an open event with one of the itinery being: Presentation on Public Comments on... — read more 

Not here to say the deal will close or not close. But, the level of stress and anxiety over the last one month has been at unreal levels. I’m hoping fellow employees come out of this disaster of an M&A safe and sound. VMW and Broadcom - you can... — read more 

There are none. Xi just released a paper in September to talk about China becoming a more dominant global force opposing the West. In it he infers that global security and peace will not happen without the West allowing Russia and China “to live”... — read more 

With Docker and Kubernetes all the rage these days, and Kubevirt for VM, why is Vmware still relevant? 20% of customers are going to migrate from Vmware!!!

Anything will happen soon? Or nothing will happen at all till Nov. 26?

Some of VMware’s biggest channel partners have told CRN that their biggest customers are “paying more attention” to the delay of the $61 billion deal with Broadcom as China, the final regulator needed to greenlight the merger, holds back its... — read more 

I hit the biggest trade of my life today. Thank you all for making it possible

Does the deal matter anymore, when the primary asset has withheld its value? If talent and intellect are the greatest assets of a software company, then the value of those assets is diminished when those skilled people are no longer actively... — read more 

VMW stock was mentioned in this page as "postponed to a date to be announced" https://www1.nyse.com/corporate-actions It's no longer there. What does it mean? The previous corporate action got cancelled?

Even through all the torturous waiting, one thing remains the same: Tanzu (Pivotal) still su-ks.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4035036-china-delay-in-approving-broadcoms-purchase-of-vmware-clearly-polticial-report https://archive.ph/HeSwy#selection-937.0-937.83

"I've heard that some product groups have been taking direction from Hock and changing strategy and staffing to focus on what Hock thinks will be money making plays." I read this from a previous thread. Avago is not allowed to do this before merger... — read more 

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