Re: 8i ships but not for NT

Well didnt Oracle make a big thing a couple of years ago about how the NT and SOlaris version would be worked on together rather than doing just the Solaris first.

.... as for programming NT being hard.... difficult to beleive that with the 7.2/3/8.0 all being on NT that they found 8i difficult to produce... remember 8i is really 8.1 except marketing got into the picture.

I also heard that the new touted Oracle "OS less" version in fact has a Solaris OS.... so its very clear which OS you are supposed to be "less" of

Rob

Jay Walters wrote in message <36E0A2C1.A1DB557D_at_computer.org>...
>I wouldn't read to much into it - NT can be a very hard platform to
>develop for, even if you want to get your stuff working on it...
>
>Rob Edgar wrote:
>>
>> Well I read the press releases about 8i (finally!) shipping last Monday
and
>> according to the Oracle Web site its for all platforms.
>>
>> So I called to order my upgrade BUT according to Oracle support that
press
>> release is meant to read as all platforms that are based on the Solaris
OS
>> <vbg>..........
>>
>> there is currently no NT version available!!!!
>>
>> and they have no idea when an NT version might be available.
>>
>> I know Larry wants to kill NT off as much as he wants us all to use NC's
but
>> does that mean Oracle are not going to support NT any longer and are
going
>> to try and force us all to abandon NT for Solaris?
>>
>> Anyone got any info on this???
>>
>> Rob
Received on Sat Mar 06 1999 - 20:45:16 CST