VirtualIron was a huge disaster of a company - they pivoted multiple times without ever finding market fit, then pissed off potential acquirers with their attit

VirtualIron was a huge disaster of a company - they pivoted multiple times without ever finding market fit, then pissed off potential acquirers with their attitude, after which they laid everyone off and sold the remains to Oracle for a pittance ( I remember hearing it was ~$10m). http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/with-virtual-iron-oracle-bought-a-big-loss/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/with-virtual-iron-o...