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Having just deployed the agenda whiteboards for the Unconference (begins today at 2pm), I ran into Tim Bonnemann, one of its "godfathers". (No Tim, I won't refer to you as a "midwife".)

I'll check back on the status of the board (still largely pristine) after the Charles Phillips keynote, which will contain Oracle's official announcement of Oracle VM.

On Wednesday I'll be speaking with Linux Engineering VP about this announcement. You can download Oracle VM (and seed templates) from OTN that day too.

Marius Ciortea, Paul Pedrazzi, and I just wrapped up our "Welcome to Change" session in the No Slide Zone. Julio Fernandez was kind enough to capture it for us:

Now it can be said: Oracle Co-Prez Charles Phillips met with a select group of "media" bloggers today, including Dan Farber, Josh Greenbaum, Vinne Mirchandani, Jeff Nolan, and other "Enterprise Irregulars." Here's the proof:


Honestly, how many of you ever thought this would happen? What a great step for Oracle, and for "transparency" overall.

See also deconstruction from Jeff Nolan.