Re: Oracle 8.1.7 desupport date

Hi all,

Other than 7.3, for which support was extended forever due to y2k.  Oracle, and other
major vendors, have typically desupported a release within 12 to 18 months after it's
replacement was released. Sound like in this case 9i will have been released for over
2 years when the terminal release of 8i is released.

John

ksmith2_at_MYFIRSTLINK.NET wrote:

>Man, that's two years away. Don't worry about it. That is the
>longest Oracle has supported a release for a long while. Don't forget
>that a desupport is just no more bug fixes. Your chances of finding
>new bugs after 2003 are rare (that haven't had a patch already developed
>that is).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>hemantchitale_at_charteredsemi.com
>Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:15 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
>Oracle has announced ECS ends on 31-December-2003 for 8.1.7
>
>I had expected 8.1.7 to continue to mid-2004 (it was released early/mid
>2000 ?
>and is the terminal 8i release).
>
>Is there any possibility that the ECS date would be extended ?
>
>We are just beginning to upgrade a few 7.3.4 and many 8.0.5/8.1.5/8.1.6
>databases to 8.1.7 and are not yet looking at 9.0.1
>
>Hemant
>
>

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