On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Geoff Nordli <geo...@gnaa.net> wrote:
> Has anyone heard any news today on how the acquisition is going to affect > vbox? > > > > Oracle VM is XEN based. > > > > Sun’s xVM is XEN based. > > > > Oracle bought Virtual Iron which is also XEN based. > > > > Wonder where vbox fits into that picture. > > > > Geoff > Geoff: My $0.02: probably not affected at all. Virtualbox is a DESKTOP virtualization product. 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 as vmware workstation, Virtual PC, or Parallels, for users that rarely need to run more than one or two VMs at once. FC
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