VirtualBox

re: VirtualBox

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:59:52 GMT

Oops, meant Microsoft Watch column.

re: VirtualBox

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:12:42 GMT

OT: But posting to the oldest open thread

The "spin as negative as possible about Microsoft" Windows Watch column has done some preliminary memory testing on Chrome and confirms that its "one process per tab" model sucks down huge amounts of memory. IE8's memory optimized process model sucks down a lot but not next to the Google product.

re: VirtualBox

subzerohitman721 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:37:54 GMT

Hmm, I think my brother could get some great use out of this Virtualbox. That way he can separate his personal desktop from business. Since he's about to build a server to do his business stuff, he might as well try VirtualBox. Thanks Paul, I will definitely pass this on.

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fria — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:35:10 GMT

Virtualbox has been well know to Linux users for some time now. It's a way for them to run applications that aren't compatible in Linux. The non free version has usb support and works very well. Also note that once the guest os is installed, there is an add-on download that allows you to run the guest in full screen and special mouse controls.

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kellymjones — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:36:27 GMT

Sun licensing and marketing have always been a bit of a mystery to me. On one hand they advertise "free free free!", and on the other hand the licenses often restrict free use for an organization larger than 1 person. I have no problem with Sun wanting to make money, it's just that once you look at things a little more closely things aren't as free as they seem.

re: VirtualBox

mikegalos@msn.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:24:31 GMT

A little clarification.

OpenBox is only free in the Open Source Edition.

The Closed Source Edition can only be used for personal use or for limited evaluation for free. Alternately you can buy a license for a price that you can discuss with your SUN sales rep. (No, they don't give a price on the web site)

Note that the Open Source Edition is missing some features (that SUN says primarily target enterprise customers) including USB support, SATA support, iSCSI support and RDP server.

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lsproc — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:10:59 GMT

rlcronin, i think by AMD64 it is referring to AMDs implementation, which Intel later adopted (since Itanium never really took off for desktops).

re: VirtualBox

mikegalos@msn.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:57:52 GMT

Paul

It'll be interesting to see your thoughts on virtualization after the conference on Monday.

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rlcronin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:37 GMT

No Intel 64-bit version?