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Oracle Kills Virtual Iron
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–.'"
While the western news magnates (USA, Britain, etc.) spoon feed us stories about Iran's measured response using official police and water cannon, tear gas and batons, the "Redneck Militia" of Iran, the Basij, are wearing plainclothes and are murdering peaceful protesters almost at random to disperse crowds. See youtube or Ireport for more info.
Or, you could decide that the gray bars are not worth getting all worked up over and chill the fuck out.
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You're welcome. Funny that I got a +5 out of it as well. Funny, that is, as I somewhat expected the offtopic mod that you mentioned -- but apparently, this issue and the silence from the owners regarding it, appears to rankle quite a few of us. Enough, in fact, that discussions of this sort, at the present time, are completely on topic and are moderated as such.
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