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What’s on your ConVirt wish list?

We are hard at work defining the next major iteration of ConVirt. There are several options on the table, including (but not limited to) our next generation architecture, a web-based interface, as well as many other cool new features. However, before we finalize anything, we’d like to have the community weigh in.

We’ve started a new topic in the user forums specifically for this. So, hop on over to this thread and tell us what is important to you, what you’d like to see in the next version of ConVirt, as well as anything else you’d like us to keep in mind as we shape the release.

Lets see those wish lists!

Oracle-Sun and open source virtualization

Oracle acquires Sun.

This news has set the blogosphere and industry commentators alight. From convulsive prognostications of an open source apocalypse to giddy anticipation of a complete remaking of the enterprise IT marketplace, opinions, tea-leaf-readings and prophesies forecast nothing short of a tectonic plate shift in the industry.

While interesting and even thought provoking in some cases, such readings of the deal’s implications are all somewhat exaggerated and certainly premature. There are several reasonable ways in which Oracle may choose to handle Sun’s assets, many of which don’t imply a radical reshaping of the industry.
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We are now live and transmitting!

The blog is live … finally! This has been long overdue … which is in itself a bit of a surprise given the constant exhortations, encouragement and insistent reminders from users, community members and friends over the past months to start blogging and talking more about what we have been up to, and where we are going.

Well, ConVirt 1.0 is now out. It is by far the most feature-rich, polished, easiest to install and configure release we’ve ever done. We are absolutely thrilled to get it into your hands and excitedly look forward to hearing your opinion. So, one might suppose this is as good a time as any to kick off our blog.
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