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Re: Sqlplus and connect internal

From: Rachel Carmichael <carmichr_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:38:00 GMT
Message-Id: <10620.117149@fatcity.com>


Jonathon,

I still find it interesting that Oracle would "deprecate" a product. But then, I've read enough of the Oracle manuals to know how creative they get with the English language at times.

Rachel

>From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: Sqlplus and connect internal
>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:11:26 -0800
>
>Rachel,
>
>"Deprecated" is a common term. Chapter 7 of Getting to Know
>Oracle8i (one of the Oracle manuals) is titled "Deprecated
>and Desupported Features". If you do a search, you'll see
>the term "deprecated" used throughout the doc set. It refers
>to a feature that is slated for desupport, but which has not
>yet been desupported.
>
>If you think about, Oracle's use of the term is consistant
>with the dictionary definition.
>
>Jonathan
>
>_____________________________________________________
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>On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:07:30 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >gee, I've never heard Oracle refer to a product as "deprecated" :)
> >
> >>From www.dictionary.com:
> >
> >The first and fully accepted meaning of deprecate is “to express
>disapproval
> >of.” But the word has steadily encroached on the meaning of depreciate.
>It
> >is now used, almost to the exclusion of depreciate, in the sense “to
> >belittle or mildly disparage,” as in He deprecated his own contribution.
> >
> >Gee, Oracle condemning one of its own products???
> >
> >Thanks for today's grin!
> >
> >Rachel
> >
> >>From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
> >>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >>Subject: Re: Sqlplus and connect internal
> >>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 08:21:03 -0800
> >>
> >>On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:11:13 -0800, you wrote:
> >>
> >> >This is the new functionality that is supposed to do away with
>svrmgrl.
> >> >Server Manager is supposedly desupported in 8.1.6 (or so I thought)
>but
> >>it's
> >> >still available.
> >>
> >>It's currently (8.1.6) a deprecated feature. My
> >>understanding (one can never be too sure though) is that
> >>Server Manager will really be gone when 8.2 is released.
> >>
> >>Jonathan
> >>
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