AT&T feels it should be granted a one-year renewal for VMware support services, which it claimed would be the second of three one-year renewals to which its contract entitles it.
The software licenses are perpetual, the support services require ongoing contracts. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of having a contract to a contract. Maybe if you’re as big as AT&T they let you do this, but having a contract that says “we have the option to renew our support contract three times” seems silly. Usually either both parties agree to renew it at expiration, or not.