Re: Does Oracle and OpenVMS VAX have a future???

Craig wrote:
>
> Oracle 7.3 on VMS. We have not heard of this in Australia. Is Oracle 7.3
> available on VMS somewhere else ?
> Mike Towery wrote in article <01bc5f47$eee17140$05044f0c_at_towerym-home>...
> >I went to the same conference. The general opinion was that RDB and VMS
> >were not platforms of the future. Although, I did not here anyone from
> >Oracle directly say this.
> >
> >Douglas Scott <dsscott_at_gte.net> wrote in article
> ><5kljdd$knc$1_at_news10.gte.net>...
> >>
> >> My DBA just got back from IOUW in Dallas and most of the people he
> >> talked to did not see much of a future for OpenVMS VAX and Oracle. I
> >> know that it took Oracle quite a long time to upgrade the RDBMS to 7.3
> >> and 8.x is coming out soon. I would like to know if other people think
> >> that Oracle on OpenVMS VAX is a dead end platform.
> >> --
> >>
> >> Douglas Scott
> >> dsscott_at_gte.net
> >>
> >> Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
> >> there. -- Will Rogers
> >>
> >

Yes we have recently installed oracle 7.3. We had to upgrade to VMS 7.1 first.

Hope this helps,

John Hough Received on Mon May 19 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT