6.0.33 on VAX/VMS 5 on VAX/VMS
--- Joe Testa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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).
