Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 11:36:44 CST 2011
Hello all, Am I losing my mind or is Oracle performing a lobotomy on me? Back when the VM was called Sun VirtualBox, it effortlessly let you view all the Windows drives and folders therein. That was way back in Version 7 or perhaps even earlier, and it just naturally did it; I didn't have to do a thing. But now, running Oracle VM VirtualBox, and then explored the menus and icons, I seem to be trapped in this VM, with no way to view any files outside its initial footprint. Am I wrong, or has the software/hardware world reduced to Ellison vs. Jobs, the first round, and Gates quietly waiting for the final. I used to hate Gates for closing them, but compared to his opponents, they're leaving the gates wide open, perhaps to their detriment. So far as I can see, my best option is to nuke everything concerning Oracle and return to Sun VirtualBox and then I'm free to visit the whole computer rather than one narrow slice of it. Am I wrong? Is there a way to make Oracle Sun VM wake up and smell the coffee in the Windows? Perhaps I don't read enough any more.... I've cancelled most of my e-subscriptions to eWeek etc., all and any DVD-movie subscriptions, etc. etc. In my grey years, I have lost my concern for who wins this samurai battle, and I no longer care. I am so out of the loop (or just possibly into some new loop, expelled in the way Pluto was from the local List of Planets, and returned to Asteroid (freshman) status. I think I'll uninstall Oracle VirtualBox and return to the Sun version. I don't care whether I'm a few versions behind, so long as it works. I don't even care if Oracle pulls the Support plug, I have the docs downloaded anyway. So there, Larry! Arthur