As an experience open-source software developer (Committer Apache Software Foundation), I have long experienced the pain of setting up and configuring my software development environment on new computers. To solve this, I created Atraxia Technologies, an open-source company whose goal is to create completely free (ASL 2.0 licensed) Virtual Appliances for software developers. I would like to tell the story of how the virtual appliances came to be, how they work, demonstrate the ease with which they can be used, and then provide DVD's with the Atraxia Blue Java software Development environment.