Re: desupport date for 8i

2003-10-09 Thread Joe Testa
never mind found it, d Boivin, Patrice J wrote: FYI... Oracle extended the desupport date for 8i by a year, end of error correction support is now 31-dec-2004. They posted that end of ECS for 9i Rel 2 will be 31-dec-2005, I am doubtful about that, only 1 year lag time between two

Re: desupport date for 8i

2003-10-09 Thread Joe Testa
Patrice, where did you find that, i'm not having much luck under desupport notices. joe Boivin, Patrice J wrote: FYI... Oracle extended the desupport date for 8i by a year, end of error correction support is now 31-dec-2004. They posted that end of ECS for 9i Rel 2 will be 31-dec-2005, I am

RE: desupport date for 8i

2003-10-09 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Patrice Oracle's goal is to create a major release every 18 months, and someone figured out they historically have been pretty much on track. So then desupport intervals should theoretically be about 18 months apart. My guess is that 8i is very popular among large clients so its desupport is

RE: desupport date for 8i

2003-10-09 Thread Nigel Bishop
Joe, Look at Doc IDs 250629.1 148054.1 - the extension is for some platforms only Regards -Original Message- Sent: 09 October 2003 14:29 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Patrice, where did you find that, i'm not having much luck under desupport notices. joe Boivin,

RE: desupport date for 8i

2003-10-09 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
My Headlines screen, KnowledgeBase section, top two items (I got two copies because I have two CSIs ? not sure). Or, note 148054.1 Patrice -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:29 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Patrice, where did you find that, i'm not