RE: OT RE: What stands for i in Oracle 8i

It didn't, but its usage as such allowed for a better acronym... ;-P

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Leith [SMTP:mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 3:16 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: OT RE: What stands for i in Oracle 8i
>
> Not being funny, but when did y become a vowel?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Scott.Shafer_at_dcpds.cpms.osd.mil
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 07:47
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Actually, I think they are following a logical progression of english
> vowels, i.e.,
>
> "A" would indicate a pre-beta release - not suitable for marketing or
> Micro$oft quality,
> "E" is overused already with all the E-this.com and E-that.com's crashing
> and burning,
> "I" is the current flavor in IT marketing. See HPUX 11i, Oracle 9i, etc,
> "O" will be for "Oh my gods! How will I ever manage this monster!" in the
> next generation of systems,
> "U" and "Y" are yet to be determined... Or maybe combined into "YU" (why
> you)...
>
> Its just a theory, I could be wrong.
>
> Scott Shafer
> San Antonio, TX
> 210-581-6217
>

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