I remember Oracle 4 on 3 5.25 floppies on a PC/XT with 640kb RAM (who would ever need more then that?). It had UFI, RPT/RPF, IAP/IAG (no IAD) and a utility called oralink which was supposed to function like SQL*Net, but I couldn't get it to work. Oracle 5 was on a decent machine (mVAX 3900 with incredible 16M RAM) and VMS 4.7 (the last one with NULL.COM and NULL process). It was all happening in the late jurassic, anno domini 1988.
> -----Original Message----- > From: MacGregor, Ian A. [mailto:ian@;SLAC.Stanford.EDU] > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 7:28 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Oracle 10i new releases > > > Ha I remember Oracle 5 on VM. Ah the joys of minidisks. I > started with Oracle on VMS in 1984, but I cannot recall the > exact version. BI files, IOR, UFI, RPT and RPF, IAP and IAG > when IAP was completely text driven. I was Dba'ing before > there was SQL*NET. > > Back in those days one was the DBA, the developer etc. The > advantage was one fixed one's own mistakes. Sometimes People > query, "How did you know what happened?", they think I'm a > genius. Little do they know, they made the same blunder I did > in 1986. > > Ian MacGregor > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:49 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > 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). 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