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by jason_slack 2742 days ago
Sorry. I have never heard of this. I switched to VB earlier this year for simple home use testing apps and working with large data sets. VMWare Fusion just caused me to many problems.

Can you explain how I need to protect myself?
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coldtea 2742 days ago
You switched to VB because VMWare Fusion was problematic?

That sounds like exchanging a Toyota for an Edsel.

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jason_slack 2742 days ago
Well when Fusion doesn’t run, vm’s become corrupt and VMWare answers your support query with “your new MacBook Pro must have a hardware issue”. Yes, I did switch. They lost my $80/year for upgrades and I have been a user since v3.

And Virtual Box has been more reliable than Fusion ever was for me.

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mr_toad 2741 days ago
If you’re a home user, and you’re sitting behind an IP address provided by a residential ISP, Oracle isn’t going to be bothering you.
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jason_slack 2741 days ago
So they are only looking for the gross level violators.
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