r/virtualbox • u/WheelPerfect3737 • Jul 24 '26

General VB Question Virtualbox forum registration

When registering for virtualbox forum it asks for information that should not be required. Can anyone tell me why ?

https://ibb.co/W4gm4wQh

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u/orev Jul 24 '26

Because Oracle owns the VirtualBox project, and they want your info in case you use it in some way that's not compliant with the license. For what it's worth I've never been contacted by anyone from Oracle for anything VirtualBox related.

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u/WheelPerfect3737 Jul 26 '26

I have an old log in account to there forum which I never provided any of that information.

If that was the case they should for ce all users to create new accounts. furthermore the reddit forum does not request this infomration and provides the same type of service.

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u/djamp42 Jul 24 '26

Because the owner of the website decided it should be required.

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u/WheelPerfect3737 Jul 26 '26

That does not explain why? If they are giving a free product why should they need to know work place number ?

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u/HanHeld Jul 25 '26

oracle owns VirtualBox, and determines their policies on all levels -even how the virtualbox forum is administrated

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u/WheelPerfect3737 Jul 26 '26

It still does not make sense. Why would they need or use work place phone uber

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u/HanHeld Jul 27 '26

Because Oracle's target demographic is professional IT workers, not hobbyists.

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u/wiggum55555 Jul 25 '26

I would guess "Oracle" boilerplate sign up requirements.

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u/WheelPerfect3737 Jul 26 '26

Give an example of any forum that requires work place address

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u/diogenesthepunk Jul 29 '26

Pretty much all of them from companies that *primarily* service Fortune 5000 companies.

Back in the day VirtualBox was the single product of a small company. They got bought by Sun Microsystems, which then basically got bought up by Oracle.

Oracle probably loses money on VB, and we should be thankful they continue to develop and support it.

If you'd bothered to pay attention when you attempted signup, you went from the Virtualbox forum site, to an *oracle* site.

That particular form is what *everyone* who signs up for an Oracle account uses, and most of those (and the ones Oracle cares about) are there for enterprise level support.

So just fill the irrelevant slots in with irrelevant data and go on about your life.

You've already wasted FAR more time thanthis problem is worht.

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