Darren,
Paul has made some excellent points.
Just keep in mind that only versions 8.1.6 and later
are supported on Win2K.
I'm not saying earlier versions *won't* work (I have
the 7.3.4 client running on Win2K), only that if you
find yourself in a situation where you're getting
bizarre behavior the first thing that OWS is likely to
tell you to do is to move to a supported
configuration.
HTH,
- Anita
- Paul Drake <paled_at_home.com> wrote:
> "Browett, Darren" wrote:
> >
> > We are running 8.0.5 and due to upgrade fatigue on
> our applications, we are
> > at least one year away before we upgrade
> > to 8i and/or possibly 9i.
> >
> > But we are upgrading our desktops to windows 2000.
> >
> > The question I have,
> >
> > 1. Should I install the net 8.0 client on the base
> image and upgrade it to
> > 8i later ?
> > or
> > 2. Should I go ahead and install the 8i client on
> the base image and be done
> > with it.
> >
> > The larger question being will the 8i client work
> with the 8.0 databases ??
> >
> > Any tips, suggestions, experiences would be
> greatly appreciated
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> >
> > Darren
> >
>
> What's behind door #3?
>
> Are you planning to move the server binaries to
> 8.0.6 in the meantime,
> as I believe that 8.0.6 has several weeks of support
> (error correction)
> left. (See Note:118156.1)
> At least Extended Maintenance Support is available
> for 8.0.6.
>
> The 8.1.7 Client Install as "Application User" is
> around 150 MB. Kinda
> big.
> Will you be using Java for anything anytime soon?
> No?
> Do you forecast needing to run Net8 over SSL soon?
> No?
> Do you see moving to an LDAP solution for
> authentication? No?
> Will you be deploying the Oracle Client on Pentium
> IV desktops? No?
> How soon will MS Windows XP be deployed? Never?
>
> Since you're deploying images to desktops - I'd
> stick with the 8.0
> client.
>
> just my opinion.
>
> Paul
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