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Oracle Kills Virtual Iron

Posted by kdawson on from the all-your-VMs-are-belong-to-us dept.

rhathar writes in with news that Oracle is killing off the products of Virtual Iron, a month after purchasing the company. Reports say that all but 10 to 15 staff were let go. The Reg article speculates that Oracle bought VI for its technology and considers its customers and partners expendable. When the Sun purchase finalizes, Oracle will be in possession of three separate virtualization technologies all based on Xen. "In a letter to Virtual Iron's sales partners, Oracle says it 'will suspend development of existing Virtual Iron products and will suspend delivery of orders to new customers.' One partner said, 'So basically, anyone that built their hosting infrastructure on VI... is now totally in the s–.'"

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  1. But Open Source if flakey and you cannot rely... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    But commercial software is oh so much better as it has guaranteed support and you can rely on in and they have roadmaps and shit.

  2. NOT totally in the s--- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    VI customers could just switch to emacs.

    1. Re:NOT totally in the s--- by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 3, Funny

      VI customers could just switch to emacs.

      HERETIC!!

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  3. Re:3 words from Oracle to existing VI customers... by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought it was "Emacs, Emacs, Emacs!" or "Developers, developers, developers!"

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  4. Re:But Open Source if flakey and you cannot rely.. by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, if the shit's got shit, it's got shit.

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