Gregory Nowak wrote:
of the gpl version in some way, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see
the FSF challenge such a turn of events.
Since the FSF are not copyright holders, I don't think they'd have any
grounds for doing so.
I suspect that if Oracle don't sponsor major engineering in
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM, James Mansion
ja...@mansionfamily.plus.com wrote:
Gregory Nowak wrote:
of the gpl version in some way, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see
the FSF challenge such a turn of events.
Since the FSF are not copyright holders, I don't think they'd have any
On 3/9/2010 5:26 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
I think that if a huge comet strikes the Earth, we will ALL DIE.
oh, a small asteroid or two (a.k.a. flaming rocks from the sky) will be
sufficient to distract us from the Oracle-VirtualBox show. no need to kill us
off.
splat
Fernando Cassia wrote:
I think that if a huge comet strikes the Earth, we will ALL DIE.
Shame, well, I was trying to make a point that GPL code is not immortal
in some way.
Let's try to be adult, huh?
I like vbox and use it as a preferred solution. If it dies, its no big
deal though,
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,
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
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.
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
