As a consumer, I like free.

But something useful, I could go with fixed fee with an optional small on-demand fee for patches so I can get to choose (the old car business model).

Not a fan of leasing all the time and left with no license after payment stops (new car model).

In short, new car business model sucks.

> One now needs to take an exam to get these licenses.

I’m not too familiar with VMware’s entire product offering, so the answer might be obvious, but why would a company add hoops for their customers to jump through like this? Is this a new money angle for Broadcom since the acquisition?