Bet you they will make them work in inhospitable conditions and forget they exist until they don't meet an unrealistic performance target.
No wait, sorry. I was thinking of their human workers.
postnataldrip
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It's just virtualised Deliverance
As I understand it these are basically an insurance policy. The promoter takes out a policy detailing the odds of a payout being required, and pay a premium based on the insurer's risk assessment.
And of course the insurer wants to minimise the odds of paying out, and the promoter wants to minimise their premium - so the top prize is usually, as above, near-unwinnable.
Yup, this is on form for them. This isn't the first product they've done it to and surely won't be the last.
The moment the news broke we started migration planning, a short while later their new pricing came through and immediately justified the project spend. Tens of thousands of VMs migrated, a ton of labour, and even some hardware refreshes thrown in - and still cheaper than renewing, by a looong shot.
Shame, I liked VMware.
Was about 3pm here /cries in Australian
We regularly get screwed over during business hours by things being pushed out overnight in the US/UK
If you mean signed by your CA then this is me too, albeit with an intermediate CA in the middle (honestly pointless in my case, but old habits etc).
I don't host anything externally and trusting the CA certs internally is easy as Ionly need to do it on a handful of devices. This + reverse proxy keeps things tidy and uncomplicated.
Reminds me of Popavalium Andropoff's gutsy effort
(Guessing this didn't make it out of Aus much, there's a reference in this UrbanDictionary link for the uninitiated)
Yup, had to read it twice! Just about had a heart attack
Wow, crazy
/quietly withdrawing presidential bid
Yup and that is the same issue with elections. Candidate A wants to ban private jets and burn tyres, candidate B wants to legalise child labour. A wins then claims they have a mandate to burn tyres
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As cool (heh) as this is, it saddens me knowing it's just going to be used for data mining and ads