Moving To Mainframe Can Be Cheaper Than Sticking With VMware

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By BeauHDMay 5, 2026, 4:00 pm456 ptsHotTop
Gartner says some VMware customers may find it cheaper to move certain Linux VM workloads to IBM mainframes than to adopt Broadcom's new VMware licensing, especially for fleets of hundreds of Linux VMs and mission-critical apps needing long-term stability. The Register reports: Speaking to The Register to…

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