Hi all, Other than 7.3, for which support was extended forever due to y2k. Oracle, and other major vendors, have typically desupported a release within 12 to 18 months after it's replacement was released. Sound like in this case 9i will have been released for over 2 years when the terminal release of 8i is released.
John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Man, that's two years away. Don't worry about it. That is the >longest Oracle has supported a release for a long while. Don't forget >that a desupport is just no more bug fixes. Your chances of finding >new bugs after 2003 are rare (that haven't had a patch already developed >that is). > >-----Original Message----- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:15 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > >Oracle has announced ECS ends on 31-December-2003 for 8.1.7 > >I had expected 8.1.7 to continue to mid-2004 (it was released early/mid >2000 ? >and is the terminal 8i release). > >Is there any possibility that the ECS date would be extended ? > >We are just beginning to upgrade a few 7.3.4 and many 8.0.5/8.1.5/8.1.6 >databases to 8.1.7 and are not yet looking at 9.0.1 > >Hemant > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: orantdba INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
