New legal documents filed relating to Tesco’s legal case against Broadcom/VMware and Computacenter point to a situation where Dell appears to be aligned with Tesco’s arguments for its rights to have continued access to VMware products and services.
The recent filing from Dell, as it defends itself against Computacenter, which is a defendant in the Tesco/Broadcom lawsuit, shows the technology firm’s contractual obligation as a VMware distributor to provide Tesco, through reseller Computacenter, with access to VMware software and support.
Tesco is suing Broadcom/VMware over what it sees as a contractual obligation by the owner of VMware products and support services to continue delivering perpetual software licences and product support. A legal filing by Tesco on 11 February 2026 shows that it is asking the court to prevent Broadcom/VMware from its continued efforts to deny the retailer access to the products and services it originally acquired through Computacenter in…
