Here's a recently curmudgeonly reply to a friend that asked the same question.
----------------- As for 10g itself: the 'g' stands for 'grid' as you probably know. The 'grid' is really the infrastructure for 'utility computing', the latest plot to make IT folks obsolete. Personally I see it being useful in large organizations where large numbers of servers can be used in a grid, and computing power being doled out to apps as needed. It's still very much vaporware, as the tools to effectively administer and monitor this aren't available yet. I don't agree with the prognostications that businesses will begin buying computing power from a utility computing company on an as needed basis, much as they do electricity. The whole 'utility' part of the moniker is a pretty poor analogy IMO. Oracle's last big push was RAC. Reading the news makes it pretty obvious why they're pushing it: revenue is down, few new customers, gotta sell new stuff to existing ones. The hype for RAC was/is really overblown, not many people actually need it, nor can afford to purchase and maintain it. 10g will help Larry run in the America's Cup again. :) On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 08:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was at the Wash DC Oracle conference yesterday and the key note address was about > the future direction of Oracle. It was pretty positive about Grid technology and > blade servers. Anyone out there have any opinions? > > It seems like this technology is probably several years away from being used in the > business and government contracting world. Most places you see it are in academia. > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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.net -- Author: Jared Still 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).
