Oh... I'm sure they are many other who back farther then that... But, I do remember 6.0.36... As a matter of fact it was 6.0.36.1.53 on IBM VM... Ah the memories...
Tim -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 4:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L anyone remember the 6 days, 6.0.36 on sunos :) joe Mercadante, Thomas F wrote: >Robert, > >I guess what you say makes sense. But why the need to move the release >level from 8, to 8i, to 9i to 10i all within 5 years? Granted, there were >huge improvements from 8 to 9i. I guess what I'm arguing for is - lets stay >at 9i for awhile. There is nothing wrong with 9i release 1 thru 15. Are >the new features that will be available in 10i really that radical that >justifies a major release? Give the rest of us a chance to catch up to 9i. > > >My feeling is that Oracle will get hurt sooner or later - people will just >plain not move to the newer release, just to face migrating again in just a >few months. Makes no sense to me. > >Tom Mercadante >Oracle Certified Professional > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:09 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >Is it that Oracle's business model is pushing these releases or is it the >rapid pace of technology change and the demand of the user for features? The >push to the web, XML, Java, and new feature requests (rename column, fk's , >drop column, etc...). Then there is competition too that has to be >considered. If Oracle doesn't "keep up with the Joneses" as it were, what >kind of market share will it have 5 and 10 years down the line. > >So, in my opinion, Oracle really has no choice but to pursue the course that >it is. I think they have learned some lessons down the road, and I'm willing >to bet that 10.0.1 (or whatever) will be far more stable than 9.0.1 was. > >RF > >Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP >Oracle Database Architect >CSX Midtier Database Administration >Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com! > >Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How >efficient of you. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:54 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >does this bother anybody else as much as it bothers me? just what is >Oracle's business model for pushing these release's out this fast? are >there that many new features, or a market to capture, that justifies this? > >makes no sense to me. the shelf life of an oracle release is now about a >year and a half. > >Tom Mercadante >Oracle Certified Professional > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:44 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >Heard from Tom Kyte that 10i should be out by Dec'03. He also said that the >code is already frozen and beta testing is going on. > >Prakash > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 14:09 >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >The day we all finish upgrading our databases to 9i. > >Sunil Nookala >DBA >Dell Corp. > > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:09 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >Has anyone heard when Oracle will be releasing version 10i? > > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joe Testa INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Johnston, Tim INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
