Re: Oracle and Microsoft XP

Very good idea Ian, I should've thought about it. Thanx for completing...

Regards,

Peter

"Ian Ledzion" <ian.ledzion_at_lgxbow.com> wrote in message news:9saqoa$et$1_at_rex.ip-plus.net...
> The XP / Windows 2000 thing is correct in that the API calls remain
> unchanged from one version to the next. Problem is that since nothing
works
> 100% as advertised, there is the danger that there might be a kludge in
the
> client to make it work in W2K might not work in XP. Hence the
certification
> process.
>
> Without wishing to to appear simple, how about putting this to your
customer
> and suggesting they go through a test cycle before the upgrade? With the
> danger of unexpected instability in their environment they might think
> twice, and at least you're covered.
>
> "Nicolas Bronke" <nb_at_trinity.de> wrote in message
> news:9s8b92$ns6$07$1_at_news.t-online.com...
> > > XP is nothing else than a new look on Windows 2000. It's the same lie
as
> > > with Windows 98 and Windows 95. Only a new interface on the same
> > > system-layer. If it works on 2K, it works on XP.
> > >
> > > But are you sure you want to do that? Microsoft isn't the best
platform
> > for
> > > ORACLE.
> > No. Me not, but a customer. I hope he will keep the database-server on
the
> > currrent plattform (or change to linux) but the desktops will be
changed.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Nicolas
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Nov 07 2001 - 14:21:53 CST