SCO 5 'definitive' over KVM

[Fairlight]

Dude, it's never going to happen.

1) I do not and cannot travel due to health reasons.

2) Conferences are not my scene.  Hell, I -love- sci-fi, but you couldn't
pay me to go to a convention, even when one hits locally.  It's totally not
my cup of tea.  I can't imagine many things -less- interesting to me.

3) I don't get involved in promoting buzzwords and concepts.  I prefer to
simply get on with my work and focus on concrete, paying work.  We have
Eric Raymond; that's enough mouthpiece for several lifetimes.

4) If it isn't a paying gig, I'm not even interested.  I have little enough
free time in which to pursue hobbies I care about.  I have no interest in
being part of -any- non-employment-situation organisation which eats up my
free time, at this point in my life.

5) "Imagine rubbing shoulder with your peers or [...]"  No.  Just...no.
It's not my style, it's not my scene, and I've zero interest in it on an
even semi-social level.  This not only doesn't appeal to me, it acts like
repellant.

6) Whatever membership fees there are are not advertised up-front on the
membership page, which is a complete three-strike shot against anyone.  I
do not generally deal with any organisation which does not list costings
up-front.  There are exceptions, but there are so many things stacked
against me being interested enough that I'd never make an exception in this
case.

7) You're a member.  If you're even remotely representative of a fraction
of the membership, it's a headache I don't need.  We've managed to get to
the point where we don't take each other's head off every other post, but
we're never going to be more than cordially tolerant of each other.  You
rub me entirely the wrong way.  Assuming people of a like mind gravitate
towards your group, joining would be like voluntarily walking into the
middle of a nuclear waste facility filled with leaking barrels; few things
could be more toxic to me.

This is the second time you've dropped a hint to this effect.  The first
was in private.  Now this.  Take a hint:  NOT INTERESTED.

Cease and desist trying to persuade me.  You've already failed.  Twice.
Abandon all hope, because there is none to be had.  And I do mean
absolutely zero.  You could include a free Ferrari, all shipping and taxes
paid, and the answer would still be, "Nope, pass."

mark->

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 09:29:52PM -0500, Paul McNary thus spoke:
> Mark this is the exact reason you should join iXorg.
> We have and will continue to experiment at our events with
> many things VM. vmWare, Virtual Boxs, etc.
> This falls event will be no different and our members mailing list
> is the best bargain you will find. Yes and we like to argue so
> you would fit right in! :-)
> Our events are very hands on.
> 
> Take care
> Paul
> 
> 
> On 4/13/2017 2:16 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
> >On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:54:20AM -0400, Microlite filePro Mail List via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> >>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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