Re: [vbox-users] What is Oracle Going to Do?

2010-03-07 Thread Alexey Eremenko
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Lew Wolfgang wolfg...@sweet-haven.com wrote: Hi Folks, I'm a bit worried about VirtualBox and how it will fit into Oracle's business model.  I think it's a given that Oracle will expect their new Sun purchase to turn a profit sooner than later.  If it doesn't,

Re: [vbox-users] New vbox-users community mailing list at sourceforge.net

2010-03-07 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:44 AM, James Brown jbrownfi...@gmail.com wrote: Very thanks! You´re welcome. :) There´s near 100 people already subscribed, now let´s hope it´s used as the old list was before. FC ___ vbox-users mailing list

Re: [vbox-users] New vbox-users community mailing list at sourceforge.net

2010-03-07 Thread Charles Stroom
I do not understand anymore. Have I not read somewhere (in an email by Frank Mehnert, I think) that the decision to close this mailing list was reversed and that it would remain active? If so, there is little incentive to keep 2 mailing lists on the same subject active. Charles On Sun, 7 Mar

[vbox-users] Run-away keystroke repeat

2010-03-07 Thread Erik J. Pessers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, In my VirtualBox images, I seem to have a problem with keyboard keystroke repeat. In a guest OS session, when in a shell window, or a VI session, I hold down a key for a few moments, it suddenly keeps on repeating for several minutes in a

Re: [vbox-users] New vbox-users community mailing list at sourceforge.net

2010-03-07 Thread Lew Wolfgang
On 03/07/2010 08:01 AM, Charles Stroom wrote: I do not understand anymore. Have I not read somewhere (in an email by Frank Mehnert, I think) that the decision to close this mailing list was reversed and that it would remain active? If so, there is little incentive to keep 2 mailing lists on

Re: [vbox-users] New vbox-users community mailing list at sourceforge.net

2010-03-07 Thread Fernando Cassia
I don't recall seeing anything else from Frank with regard to the list closing. Did I miss something? vbox-users@virtualbox.org will close. That's what Frank said. At any rate, I think we're covered. I've got the vboxusers.org web page up and working. It's just a quick and dirty page

Re: [vbox-users] Closing this mailing-list

2010-03-07 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Sunday 07 March 2010, Frank Mehnert wrote: Hi, On Saturday 06 March 2010, NoOp wrote: 1. Is there an annouced time-frame for this? Or will the list just suddenly fail to resolve overnight? My intension was to wait for a bit until everyone read the announcement and you've got a chance

Re: [vbox-users] New vbox-users community mailing list at sourceforge.net

2010-03-07 Thread David Brown
Fernando Cassia wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:38 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I see... so Please reconsider enabling posting from nntp w/gmane.org http://gmane.org. is lack of manners? Perhaps I should have put some additional emphasis on

Re: [vbox-users] New vbox-users community mailing list at sourceforge.net

2010-03-07 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:26 PM, David Brown david.br...@hesbynett.nowrote: Fernando Cassia wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:38 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net mailto: gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I see... so Please reconsider enabling posting from nntp w/gmane.org http://gmane.org.

Re: [vbox-users] What is Oracle Going to Do?

2010-03-07 Thread Alexey Eremenko
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Lew Wolfgang wolfg...@sweet-haven.com 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

Re: [vbox-users] What is Oracle Going to Do?

2010-03-07 Thread erstazi
On 03/07/2010 05:22 PM, Alexey Eremenko wrote: On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Lew Wolfgang wolfg...@sweet-haven.com 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.

Re: [vbox-users] What is Oracle Going to Do?

2010-03-07 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Alexey Eremenko al4...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you Alexey. Lew said: There's an excellent chance that if Oracle spits out VirtualBox it will dry up and blow away. There´s also a statistical chance of a big meteor hitting the Earth, or a major earthuqake

[vbox-users] discarding_snapshots

2010-03-07 Thread Cousin Stanley
After reading a number of articles via google-ization I remain confused about discarding virtualbox snapshots in order to merge them all together Should one work discarding from the top-down ( oldest-to-youngest ) or discarding from bottom-up ( youngest-to-oldest ) ? --

Re: [vbox-users] discarding_snapshots

2010-03-07 Thread Mark Cranness
Cousin Stanley wrote: After reading a number of articles via google-ization I remain confused about discarding virtualbox snapshots in order to merge them all together Should one work discarding from the top-down ( oldest-to-youngest ) or discarding from bottom-up (