Re: Is Oracle 8.1.7 database obselete?

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:22:02 -0400, Robert amused us by writing:

> Oracle (still) offers "extended support" for 8i right ?

Yes.

For those who had support before and are willing to pay a premium.

(Ref: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/eplext.pdf - add 10% over regular support $ for first year extended support, add 20% over regular support for 2nd and 3rd year.)

As indicated, those who want full support will normally upgrade as soon as possible. I don't see many organizations willingly paying to ensure the use of old features, especially when many of them have been markedly improved.

I DO see organizations that believe their application vendor will help them when the system craps out, then wonder why the vendor has folded or is in hiding or pointing to the 'non-responsive' Oracle for not helping on a version that is [x] years out of support and without paid support.

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