On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:21:03AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Since VirtualBox is FOSS and: > > 1) comes from SUN, > > 2) SUN was bought by Oracle, > > 3) Oracle screwed up OpenSolaris, > > 4) Oracle is screwing up MySQL > > 5) Oracle is screwing up OpenOffice, > > > I always prefer FOSS over proprietary but now my serious doubts and > > question: is Oracle VirtualBox a good way to go for a long run??? > > I see 2 possibilities: > - Oracle tries to make those products non-Free, in which case you're no > worse than with VMware anyway. > - Oracle kills the product altogether, in which case someone will > inevitably pick up the last Free version and provide support for it, > since there are many interested users.
Picking up the last Free version has alrady happened with OpenOffice -- under the new name of LibreOffice, even though Oracle hasn't even killed OpenOffice yet. It looks as if LibreOffice will be in the next Debian -- the one after squeeze, which is in code-freeze at the moment, preparing to become stable. > > So, you're actually safer in this respect with Free software than with > proprietary products (who may also make any kind of decision you don't > like). > > > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
