Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Saturday, 06 November 2010: > >>>>> "Chip" == Chip Camden <sterl...@camdensoftware.com> writes: > > Chip> The one in that list that worries me the most is VirtualBox -- that's a > Chip> truly useful solution that isn't easily replaced. But I read somewhere > Chip> that there was a movement gaining steam to break off from Oracle. > > When I interviewed the VirtualBox guys for FLOSS Weekly > (http://twit.tv/floss130), they seemed pretty confident that Oracle was > going to keep fairly "hands off", in a way that was starkly contrasted > with some of the other former-Sun project leaders I've spoken to. > (Ugh, too early to fix the tortured english... I hope you get the point.) >
I hope it's more than wishful thinking on their part. I would trust Oracle to keep "hands off" for precisely as long as they do not perceive any reason to put "hands on". -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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