RE: Oracle 10i new releases

I remember 4.1.0 on Dos 3.3..... :-)

Maks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Joe Testa
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 4:04 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Oracle 10i new releases
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:09 PM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >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
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >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
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >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
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 14:09
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >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
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >Has anyone heard when Oracle will be releasing version 10i?
> >
> >
> >
>
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