Ted MacNeil writes: >1. ORACLE is abandoning z/OS. 9 was the last (and 32-bit) >release. If you want 64-bit & on z, you have to go to >z/LINUX.
Oracle Database 10g R2 (31-bit) is available and is (according to Oracle) their last release for z/OS. There's an IBM redbook describing its capabilities (at 10g R1 level): http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247055.html To their credit, Oracle has said that standard support will be extended, and extended support will be available indefinitely, as long as their customers wish to continue running Oracle Database 10g R2 for z/OS. So there's certainly no emergency. And there are various good options available at any time for customers who wish to replace Oracle Database for z/OS. For example, I worked (a little) with one customer that purchased DB2 9 for z/OS two months ago for this purpose. It is their first DB2 for z/OS implementation. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
