<OT> maybe not good for Virtual Box

[Tony Alfrey]

Michael Hipp wrote:
> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> Michael Hipp wrote:
>>> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>> If you use Virtual Box on linux or mac, you may not be happy with 
>>>> this.  I think I'm worried.
>>>>
>>>> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sun-shares-soar-on-report-of-apf-14675058.html 
>>>
>>> Is there some particular reason to worry about VB?
>>
>> VB is now Sun.  So I wonder if IBM might not support VB.  But as has 
>> been noted,  IBM seems to support FOSS.  But they may or may not see a 
>> reason to support VB.
> 
> Unless IBM has a competing virtualization solution I might think they 
> would consider it a valuable acquisition. Even if they have one they 
> might, in the least, combine the two and make one yet better product.

I don't know if IBM has such a thing.  I was worried when Sun took over 
VB, expecting them to charge for it.  They talk about no charge for 
"personal" use or "evaluation" use, which is great.  But I was expecting 
the other shoe to drop one day and that they would say "now there is a 
fee for updates".  I would not mind a fee but price is always an issue.




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