On 03/07/2010 05:22 PM, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Lew Wolfgang <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 03/07/2010 12:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >> >>> Lew, wether you realize it or not, your "innocent question" is PURE FUD. >>> >>> FUD as in Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt >>> >>> I reply with the same answer I gave to someone else back in mid-January: >>> >> You need to work on your bedside manner, Fernando. >> >> >>> Virtualbox is a DESKTOP virtualization product. >>> >> I never would have guessed! >> >> >>> All the Xen derivatives are enterprise-class virtualization products, >>> more geared towards server use and command line management. >>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-xen-server-vps-monitoring-commands.html >>> >>> Virtualbox on the other hand shares the same user base and target >>> audience as vmware player and Virtual PC, two other "free" products >>> that do not "make money" to their software makers. >>> >> Vmware and Microsoft are, according to most folks, successful. I wouldn't >> trust Microsoft as far as I can throw them, but Vmware has a successful >> business model and has been around for a long time. Compare this with >> VirtualBox. Purchased by a failing Sun, and now folded into a profitable >> company with unknown (by us) intentions who just dropped their user's >> mailing list. Hm... >> >> >>> Yet, I don´t see people asking "what if" FUD questions about Microsoft >>> dropping Virtual PC or Vmware dropping "Vmware player". >>> >> Vmware wasn't just purchased! Do you think that anyone would build a >> business model relying on VirtualBox at this point? Sure, the OSE version >> is open source, but is there a non-Sun community working on maintenance? >> There's an excellent chance that if Oracle spits out VirtualBox it >> will dry up and blow away. Is this the time to fork the project? I'd >> feel much better if the community could both maintain the code and add >> USB support. >> >> Is this FUD? Don't get me wrong, I'll continue to use VirtualBox myself >> and for my clients as long as I can. I wish Oracle well too, and hope >> that if they drop the product that they'll release the USB bits too. >> > Yes, Lew, this is FUD. > > Forking only occur as a measure of last resort (after bad things > happen), or if there are disagreement between core developers for the > future direction of the project. > > In addition to this being FUD, VirtualBox used to be part of Innotek. Then Sun acquired Innotek. I remember in the IRC channel and in this mail list, people were extremely fearful that Sun was going to drop VirtualBox or destroy it, etc etc.
Now, Oracle has bought Sun. Business as usual, in my eyes. _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
