Why would VMware like it?
After all, it's just another off ramp from vSphere to the cloud...
VMware is making clear it is not on board with Microsoft's plan to offer its software on bare-metal Azure servers. A since-softened blog post from Ajay Patel, VMware's senior VP of product development for cloud services, serves as the virtualization specialist's notice to customers that it would prefer they opt for another …
Nah, Flexpod just for bare metal services like these. Everything else? Who knows.
I agree with very few things VMware says. In this instance, as an Azure customer, I would agree and say, stay clear of Azure if you have a choice.
With that said, why would I want to run VMware to begin with, wether its on someone else's hardware or mine? Are people really that delusional about their stability, cost, and support?
"Are people really that delusional about their stability, cost, and support?"
Significantly less delusional than those that use Hyper-V, I suppose? Hyper-V is "free", but you have to buy the Windows license. So if you aren't necessarily running Windows at all, ESX is less expensive. But KMV could be even cheaper.