Re: Which Version To Target?

"Joseph Wilson" <me_at_home.now> wrote in message news:<eRFra.1053$mD5.439481_at_dca1-nnrp1.news.algx.net>...
> I am in the process of designing a data warehouse. Oracle 9i has a lot of
> new features that I would like to take advantage of. But by doing this, my
> application would require separate logic and testing to run on 8i. I know
> that 8i is desupported as of december of this year. In peoples experience,
> how long will a company sit on an unsupported version. Should I go ahead and
> take advantage of the 9i features and not worry about 8i or should I code
> for 8i so it works in both? I really can't decide which is the best move.
>
> Joe

There are a couple of reasons a company will sit on an unsupported version:

1. They have to because something they run requires it.
2. They don't want to spend the bucks to upgrade because their app is stable.

The latter often get into an emergency upgrade cycle, sometimes because something they want is only in 9i.

I'd say, take advantage of the 9i features and don't worry about it unless you have customers that are 1. And even then, you may be able to talk them into running multiversion or that they need a new box for the DW anyways.

jg

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