--- title: Rubenerd | daily.dev description: VMware is outsourcing their support to a select list of distributors, causing concern about the quality of support and the transparency of the process. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-tcxg1xlvo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Rubenerd | daily.dev og:description: VMware is outsourcing their support to a select list of distributors, causing concern about the quality of support and the transparency of the process. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-tcxg1xlvo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TCxg1Xlvo.png og:image:alt: Rubenerd 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. # Rubenerd **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary VMware is outsourcing their support to a select list of distributors, causing concern about the quality of support and the transparency of the process. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#licensing](https://daily.dev/tags/licensing), [#vmware](https://daily.dev/tags/vmware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-tcxg1xlvo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Rubenerd","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-tcxg1xlvo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-tcxg1xlvo"},"datePublished":"2024-04-27T19:27:32.488Z","dateModified":"2025-07-28T02:20:10.363Z","description":"VMware is outsourcing their support to a select list of distributors, causing concern about the quality of support and the transparency of the process.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/de3f3d90ef33d26f1ef14a7e2300b1b5?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/de3f3d90ef33d26f1ef14a7e2300b1b5?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-tcxg1xlvo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"licensing,vmware","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rubenerd"}]} ```