I think it has less to do with QA than with increased complexity of the software.
Even the best QA dept can't test the software in all possible combinations of
hardware, software, data layouts and commands the software executes. That's
what customers are for. :) I agree that initial release of 9i was very unstable,
and some very serious bugs sneaked in. But it also had a large number of
completely new features built in, and it was rushed into market, so it's no wonder
it had so many unresolved (and even unknown at the time of release) issues.
Compare that to any other complex software product - you'll see the same
picture. Microsoft tried so hard to make Windows 2000 the stablest OS they
ever released, it went through the widest beta test program - and we undergone
two full-blown service packs within a year of its release, each fixing hundreds of
serious issues, and third one is on the way. Same's with 9i. But now there goes 9.2,
which is mostly a maintenance release with only a few true additions, and it should
be pretty stable. Can't wait to put my hands on it. :)
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"GC" <assistant_madman_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3CF2AC89.9CAFF606_at_hotmail.com...
> emerald wrote:
> >
> > I remember having simmilar thing, but on 8i (8.1.6). On TAR i was told that
> > the problem was that I had union query with order by at the end. And that
> > the bug was fixed in 8.1.7. Is it possible that it appeared in 9i again?
> > Anyway, TAR will tell you to upgrade to 9.0.2. They don't like to mess with
> > ORA-600, unless it is on the latest release.
>
>
> With good reason - 9.0.1.x is, IMHO, a public beta test. I have four
> ora-0600 tars open with Oracle right now and two of them have been
> assigned to development to patch. It's absolutely incredible the amount
> of bugs and issues with 9i. And just as I was starting to get complacent
> as I had not had to open a tar with Oracle for the 8.1.6 instance in
> four months.
>
> I think there was a time when Oracle had a much stronger QA department,
> but maybe I was just a bit younger then :)
>
> Cheers,
> Greg
Received on Tue May 28 2002 - 05:23:33 CDT
