Yep, it’s basically slick hyperconverged infrastructure that you can buy a rack at a time without a subscription license.
Do you get updates to the proprietary software stack if you go without a subscription license?
If the answer is no, then you might own the hardware on paper, but you don't control any of the software that makes said hardware useful.
If the answer is yes, on the other hand, then one must ask who is paying for those updates, because that can't be sustainable.
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Do you get updates to the proprietary software stack if you go without a subscription license?
If the answer is no, then you might own the hardware on paper, but you don't control any of the software that makes said hardware useful.
If the answer is yes, on the other hand, then one must ask who is paying for those updates, because that can't be sustainable.