“In a thread on Microsoft’s site, one affected user complained that upgrading their 100 VMware Workstation licences would cost €11,500.”
Makes one wonder if MS has any vested interest in this end result? This kind of reminds me of the McCafee fiasco when they were installing their own viruses and then charging to fix them.
Could it be rigged rather than an accident? I would not put this past MS to do on purpose.
I'd say, unlikely... with one caveat. Microsoft wants people using HyperV, so their concern about breaking other products is secondary at best.
The latest Windows 10 ALSO seemed to install McAfee anti-virus- which I DID NOT WANT because I like and pay for Avast.
I refuse to use McAfee for the reason you stated.
Back in the day I put in a 3.5 floppy disk that I had not used in like 5 years, and McAfee suddenly popped up saying it had a virus, and I had to pay to have it fixed. This was impossible because it was a newer virus on a 5 year old disk. I knew they were screwing around.