--- title: Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it description: Dell filed a £10 million+ claim against VMware in the ongoing Tesco licensing dispute. Tesco sued Broadcom and reseller Computacenter for not honoring a 2021... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dell-wants-10m-from-vmware-if-tesco-case-goes-against-it-8pgdn2n6z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it | daily.dev og:description: Dell filed a £10 million+ claim against VMware in the ongoing Tesco licensing dispute. Tesco sued Broadcom and reseller Computacenter for not honoring a 2021... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dell-wants-10m-from-vmware-if-tesco-case-goes-against-it-8pgdn2n6z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8pGDn2n6Z.png og:image:alt: Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dell filed a £10 million+ claim against VMware in the ongoing Tesco licensing dispute. Tesco sued Broadcom and reseller Computacenter for not honoring a 2021 contract for perpetual VMware licenses and support. Computacenter then sued both Broadcom and Dell. Dell argues it only had to communicate renewal requests to VMware and terminated its VMware distribution deal in 2024. Broadcom maintains the requested software is end-of-life and no longer available. The four-way legal standoff centers on whether VMware must provide perpetual licenses and support that Tesco believes it contracted for before Broadcom's acquisition changed VMware's business model to subscription-only. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [In Tesco vs. VMware, Computacenter warns, Dell, Broadcom](https://daily.dev/posts/in-tesco-vs-vmware-computacenter-warns-dell-broadcom-hws2odyrw) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [VMware's in court again. 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