Renault might be forced to stop selling cars in Germany because some of them infringe on a Broadcom patent for (checks notes) Ethernet.
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Renault mag in Duitsland zijn Mégane- en Clio-modellen binnenkort misschien niet meer verkopen omdat ze inbreuk maken op een patent van Broadcom. Het patent heeft betrekking op de ethernetverbinding van de auto's. tweakers.net/nieuws/244472/ren… #Tweakers
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Den of Earth • • •David S
in reply to Den of Earth • • •Den of Earth
in reply to David S • • •According to the article, it's a particular way in which Ethernet is implemented in the vehicle, but still.
David S
in reply to Den of Earth • • •Mind you it's par for the course from Broadcom. They're screwing existing customers hard on licencing renewals. Last year they pulled a 1yr renewal off the table (with only a month to go) and insisted on a 3yr deal on a higher unit cost.
We now have no Broadcom software in our estate - Citrix, Symantec, Vmware all ripped out and tens of millions of revenue down the toilet (for Broadcom).
As the saying goes, you only lose a repeat customer once!
Cadbury Moose
in reply to David S • • •@Pionir
Broadcom took over Competitor Acquisitions (er: CA previously Computer Associates). I would hope that they have learned from those staff what will happen if they try it on the Mainframe fraternity[1]. <Very Evil Grin> 3:O)>
[1] It will take a while, but they can and will migrate off the CA software products. (The UK Rail Industry did it, after it was privatised and CA said "Ah, you're 26 companies now, that will be 26 licences for each product.".)