Oracle Releases VM VirtualBox 3.2 Software

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Oracle Releases VM VirtualBox 3.2 Software

After being in public beta for less than a month, Oracle has come out today with the VirtualBox 3.2 release of their virtualization software that came from their acquisition of Sun Microsystems...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=ODI2NA

[ethana2]

A Mac guest is a Mac guest. Does some enterprising hacker skilled at evading Apple fundamentalists and hitmen have the source for this?

I tried running OS X on my Ubuntu Dell before, but I found it really doesn't have hardware support worth a *darn*.

[BlackStar]

Yes.

Search the virtualbox forums for customized builds that can run Mac OS X guests everywhere.

[EarthMind]

Weren't they going to stop developing Virtualbox for the public and use it exclusively internally?

[BlackStar]

Weren't they going to stop developing Virtualbox for the public and use it exclusively internally?

I don't recall any such announcement. Got a link?

[liangsuilong]

Weren't they going to stop developing Virtualbox for the public and use it exclusively internally?

I do not think so.

Oracle also needs a product to compete with VMware in desktop virtualization market. In addition, VirtualBox is an important component of Oracle/Sun VDI product. Oracle VM Server mostly targets to server virtualization market.

[EarthMind]

It was some Oracle guy who said that in a video if I recall correctly. It could be one of these: http://www.oracle.com/us/sun/044498