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allix
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by allix » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:21 pm
SUN are on a shopping spree.
Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire innotek, Expanding Sun xVM Reach to the Developer Desktop
Free and Open Source VirtualBox Desktop Virtualization Available for All Major Operating Systems
SANTA CLARA, CA February 12, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire innotek, the provider of the leading edge, open source virtualization software called VirtualBox. By enabling developers to more efficiently build, test and run applications on multiple platforms, VirtualBox will extend the Sun xVM platform onto the desktop and strengthen Sun's leadership in the virtualization market. This software is available for all major operating systems at
http://www.virtualbox.org and
http://www.openxvm.org.
source :
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/ ... 0212.1.xml
it will be interesting to follow, maybe they will even release the non-free version of virtualbox.
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Tsuroerusu
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by Tsuroerusu » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:34 pm
allix wrote:it will be interesting to follow, maybe they will even release the non-free version of virtualbox.
I was gonna say, that I hope that Sun would release all of VirtualBox under the GPL.
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by greggh » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:43 pm
Tsuroerusu wrote:allix wrote:it will be interesting to follow, maybe they will even release the non-free version of virtualbox.
I was gonna say, that I hope that Sun would release all of VirtualBox under the GPL.
I'll ditto that hope. But I doubt it...
The two things that MySQL and Innotek have in common is that they have already implemented both closed and open source editions of their software. This is a trend that is mirrored in Sun's own strategy of releasing code to the Open Source community well (should read "while") offering service and support for customers who wish to purchase it.
Also, I'd love to know how much they paid for this.
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by akuma624 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:34 pm
I bet Sun will release all VBox's software under the GPL
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by snarkout » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:46 pm
I have been a little curious about innotek's business model - I mean, donations are apparently unneeded/unwelcome. I'm curious why Sun has been on a buying spree recently - as far as I know, they've been bleeding money and employees for years. Isn't teh usual turnaround in these cases to tighten your belt, gird your loins, and focus on your core strengths? It seems like they're just trying to widen their portfolio, and gain FOSS support in randomish ways right now. To me at least.
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