RE: Oracle 10i new releases

Oh... I'm sure they are many other who back farther then that... But, I do remember 6.0.36... As a matter of fact it was 6.0.36.1.53 on IBM VM... Ah the memories...

Tim

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Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 4:04 PM
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anyone remember the 6 days, 6.0.36 on sunos :)

joe

Mercadante, Thomas F wrote:

>Robert,
>
>I guess what you say makes sense. But why the need to move the release
>level from 8, to 8i, to 9i to 10i all within 5 years? Granted, there were
>huge improvements from 8 to 9i. I guess what I'm arguing for is - lets
stay
>at 9i for awhile. There is nothing wrong with 9i release 1 thru 15. Are
>the new features that will be available in 10i really that radical that
>justifies a major release? Give the rest of us a chance to catch up to 9i.
>
>
>My feeling is that Oracle will get hurt sooner or later - people will just
>plain not move to the newer release, just to face migrating again in just a
>few months. Makes no sense to me.
>
>Tom Mercadante
>Oracle Certified Professional
>
>
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>Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:09 PM
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>
>
>Is it that Oracle's business model is pushing these releases or is it the
>rapid pace of technology change and the demand of the user for features?
The
>push to the web, XML, Java, and new feature requests (rename column, fk's ,
>drop column, etc...). Then there is competition too that has to be
>considered. If Oracle doesn't "keep up with the Joneses" as it were, what
>kind of market share will it have 5 and 10 years down the line.
>
>So, in my opinion, Oracle really has no choice but to pursue the course
that
>it is. I think they have learned some lessons down the road, and I'm
willing
>to bet that 10.0.1 (or whatever) will be far more stable than 9.0.1 was.
>
>RF
>
>Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
>Oracle Database Architect
>CSX Midtier Database Administration
>Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com!
>
>Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How
>efficient of you.
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:54 PM
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>
>
>does this bother anybody else as much as it bothers me? just what is
>Oracle's business model for pushing these release's out this fast? are
>there that many new features, or a market to capture, that justifies this?
>
>makes no sense to me. the shelf life of an oracle release is now about a
>year and a half.
>
>Tom Mercadante
>Oracle Certified Professional
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:44 AM
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>
>
>Heard from Tom Kyte that 10i should be out by Dec'03. He also said that the
>code is already frozen and beta testing is going on.
>
>Prakash
>
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>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 14:09
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>
>
>The day we all finish upgrading our databases to 9i.
>
>Sunil Nookala
>DBA
>Dell Corp.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:09 PM
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>
>
>Has anyone heard when Oracle will be releasing version 10i?
>
>
>

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