innotek (makers of VirtualBox) to be bought by Sun

[Cyrus Jones]

Sun sure is purchasing Linux related / open-source companies. First
MySQL, now Innotek. Hmm...

I sure hope Sun improves the software it purchases. It would be really
nice indeed if the expand the free (as in freedom) VirtualBox.

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Conrad Knauer <atheoi at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/sunflash.20080212.1.xml
>
>  "is expected to be completed during the third quarter of Sun's 2008
>  fiscal year. The terms of the deal were not disclosed"
>
>  Hopefully, as a result of Sun's backing, they'll expand the GPL-side
>  of VirtualBox to feature parity with the proprietary version.
>
>  CK
>
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