i have upgraded to ubuntu unr 10.04. it has openoffice.org 3.2 oracle (no more mention of sun).
soon we will probably have to apt-get oracle-java6-jdk ? maybe in 5 years time we will also have apt-get microsoft-php6 ? times are a changing ... On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Hasan Abu Bakar <ha...@kelate.com.my>wrote: > Solaris is also acquired by Oracle, it's called Oracle Solaris no > more Sun Solaris. Current uname shows SunOS and I believe it will > change to OracleOS soon. But I don't think OpenSolaris will become > proprietary again. > > > Hasanuddin Abu Bakar > ------------------------------- > Ubuntu embedded developer/tester > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bizkut > > Get FireGPG for your Firefox! http://getfiregpg.org > > PGP Public Key > http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC5A1B11965D43C5C > > > > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:20 AM, sweemeng ng <swees...@gmail.com> wrote: > > on the positive side, oracle didn't ask us to pay for it yet.. > > consider their reputation of milking what they bought > > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Hasanuddin Abu Bakar < > bizkut...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Fast result, it doesn't work on windows server 2008 x64. instant error > >> on guest boot up. Poor beta quality. It should be unreleased or alpha > >> or something like that before they can call it beta. > >> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30344 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Hasanuddin Abu Bakar > >> ------------------------------- > >> Ubuntu embedded developer/tester > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bizkut > >> > >> Get FireGPG for your Firefox! http://getfiregpg.org > >> > >> PGP Public Key > >> > http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC5A1B11965D43C5C > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Hasanuddin Abu Bakar > >> <bizkut...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > So Oracle owns VirtualBox. How do you think about this guys? > >> > > >> > VirtualBox Version 3.2.0 is a major update. The following major new > >> > features were added: > >> > • Following the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation, > >> > the product is now called Oracle VM VirtualBox and all references were > >> > changed without impacting compatibility. > >> > • Experimental support for Mac OS X guests > >> > • Memory ballooning to dynamically in- or decrease the amount of RAM > >> > used by a VM (64-bit hosts only) (see the manual for more information) > >> > • CPU hot-plugging for Linux (hot-add and hot-remove) and certain > >> > Windows guests (hot-add only) (see the manual for more information) > >> > • New Hypervisor features: with both VT-x/AMD-V on 64-bit hosts, using > >> > large pages can improve performance (see the manual for more > >> > information); also, on VT-x, unrestricted guest execution is now > >> > supported (if nested paging is enabled with VT-x, real mode and > >> > protected mode without paging code runs faster, which mainly speeds up > >> > guest OS booting) > >> > • Support for deleting snapshots while the VM is running > >> > • Support for multi-monitor guest setups in the GUI (see the manual > >> > for more information) > >> > • USB tablet/keyboard emulation for improved user experience if no > >> > Guest Additions are available > >> > • LsiLogic SAS controller emulation > >> > • RDP video acceleration > >> > • NAT engine configuration via API and VBoxManage > >> > • Guest Additions: added support for executing guest applications from > >> > the host system > >> > • OVF: enhanced OVF support with custom namespace to preserve settings > >> > that are not part of the base OVF standard > >> > > >> > http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30287 > >> > > >> > > >> > Hasanuddin Abu Bakar > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > Ubuntu embedded developer/tester > >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bizkut > >> > > >> > Get FireGPG for your Firefox! http://getfiregpg.org > >> > > >> > PGP Public Key > >> > > http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC5A1B11965D43C5C > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ > >> > >> Facebook Fan page > >> > >> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 > >> > >> http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > >> Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<osdcmy-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > > > > -- > > Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ > > > > Facebook Fan page > > > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 > > > > http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. > > To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<osdcmy-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > > -- > Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ > > Facebook Fan page > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 > > http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. > To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<osdcmy-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > -- Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. 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