SCO 5 'definitive' over KVM

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On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:54:20AM -0400, Microlite filePro Mail List via Filepro-list thus spoke:
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> I am developing a fondness for Oracle VirtualBox. I think in the last year they have made some amazing improvements it it. I'm not a fan of Oracle, and I'm wondering when the other shoe will drop (the shoe that came out of the box they want you to put all your cash back into), but for now the aren't bad at all. Haven't tested on OpenServer 5, but I may just do that.

I had the exact opposite experience with VirtualBox.  I used to love it in
the 3.xx releases.  When they moved to 4.xx, all hell broke loose.  I
started having issues with random VM seizes.  I had issues where nothing
was actually being done on the VM but it would start sucking all CPU across
the board for no apparent reason.  There were a few other 'quirks'.

Then there's the fact that (at least as of 4.x before I dropped it) it
isn't even designed to be run as a Windows service on Windows.  The hacks
for that are ugly.

I moved to VMware Workstation (aka 'a REAL, polished hypervisor') for my
needs, and never looked back.

I'm done playing with amateur crap, especially from Oracle.  I actually
believe Oracle's acquisition of Sun was the death knell for VBox.  It went
downhill in quality sharply thereafter.

mark->
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