Well, VMware for small business is officially dead now that they have been bought out by Broadcom, who refuses to let anyone use their software for less than thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars per year for a license subscription. No more VMware perpetual licenses at all for our customers.
So, we're moving on to ProxMox, which can directly import and convert VMware VM's to its fully open source platform. ProxMox is basically like VMware used to be, with a reasonable low-priced entry point that is appealing to small business: free. Support subscriptions are only required if you need more than an open source community level of support.
We're beginning testing for corporate environments now, and we'll be deploying solutions for customers before the end of 2025. What I've seen so far has been very promising, but there is a learning curve.
RIP VMware, my go-to cloud solution since even before I started NetFu in 2008. We had a good, long run with you, but every good thing apparently must come to an end.
Long live on-premise cloud solutions for small business that don't bleed our customers dry!