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title: "\"A massive pile of debt from the VMware acquisition is forcing Broadcom to…"
date: 2025-08-30T07:34:32.000Z
author: Ricardo Mendes
url: https://rmendes.net/notes/2025/08/30/a-massive-pile-of-debt/
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# "A massive pile of debt from the VMware acquisition is forcing Broadcom to…

"A massive pile of debt from the VMware acquisition is forcing Broadcom to squeeze every penny from assets we once considered sacred." [read here](https://fastcode.io/2025/08/30/the-69-billion-domino-effect-how-vmwares-debt-fueled-acquisition-is-killing-open-source-one-repository-at-a-time)

#broadcom #docker #bitnami 

we really need sovereign public registries like public services