VMware vSphere and Enterprise Plus

So here are the new editions.

Hmm.  My current Enterprise licenses will not give me the all of the feature of the new version.  There are a lot of angry blog posts out there on this new policy.  I do not know if I would consider myself angry, but I am disappointed and more than a little confused.

I understand that as new products come out (* Manager) I will be expected to pay extra for them.  They add a lot more value than the existing stack and I expect that.  In the case of new vSphere features VMware is introducing enhancements, but that is expected for a new product.

I do not understand being expected to pay more for something that is adding incremental value on a new product.  That is what the subscription is supposed to be for.

Here is a good write up of some other ramifications of this policy. VMware Slaps Enterprise and Cisco In Face, Opens Door For Competitors