Re: RE: Oracle 13
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:53:04 +0300
Message-ID: <1415299984.711937891_at_f11.my.com>
I have to admit, I can't wait for Oracle 13 and EM13c... 13 is my lucky number!! :)
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>Thursday, November 6, 2014, 11:33 AM -0700 from Adams, Matthew (GE, Appl & Light) <MATT.ADAMS_at_GE.COM>:
>No, roman numerals are definitely the way they should go here.
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>I want to see Oracle XIII…seems more sinister somehow, which makes that much more appropriate
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>From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of David Fitzjarrell
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:02 PM
>To: sfaroult_at_roughsea.com; Oracle-L (E-mail)
>Subject: Re: Oracle 13
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>They could use hex:
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>Oracle D
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>or octal which puts us back to:
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>Oracle 15
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>Or maybe binary:
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>Oracle 1101
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>Maybe use base 9:
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>Oracle 14
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>Base 11 wouldn't work, though:
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>Oracle 12
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>How about base 7:
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>Oracle 16
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>The possibilities could be endless.
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>David Fitzjarrell
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>Principal author, "Oracle Exadata Survival Guide"
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>On Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:17 AM, Stéphane Faroult < sfaroult_at_roughsea.com > wrote:
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>I agree with Tim that it's about marketing and not arithmetic. The
>trouble is that nobody can ignore the Chinese market these days, and
>Oracle 14 will definitely not do in China (no 14th floor in Hong Kong),
>and the Chinese attach even more importance to numbers than westerners.
>Will we skip for Oracle 12Rn to Oracle 15? Talk of a "mature" product ...
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>Stéphane Faroult
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