Re: Oracle 7.1.6 and SunOS 2.5.1 and greater

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:42:02 +0800, "Hemant K Chitale"
> <hkchital_nospam_at_singnet_nospam.com.sg> wrote:
>
> >
> >Here we go again, Sybrand.
> >You run nothing but 9iRelease2 on the latest
> >OS version with the highest patchset level.
> >
> >There *ARE* people in the *REAL* world who
> >are running critical databases on 7.3.x [and why not 7.1.6]
> >and are happy with it. How frequently do you
> >change your car ? How frequently do you change
> >your house ?
> >
> >Hemant
>
> Your hostile and arrogant tone asks for a similar answer. You don't
> seem to be aware with the issues of running desupported software when
> the customer didn't make *any* extra precaution (like getting an EAS
> or ECS).
> Are you aware what it means to run desupported software? We have a
> customer running 8.1.5 and using RMAN. RMAN quite often ends in
> ora-600 [504], which means we have NO BACKUP!
> How often do you make sure your backup works? What do you say to your
> customer when the database has crashed, and there hasn't been a backup
> for days?
> Do go on driving a T-Ford when your garage indicates they don't have
> any spare parts?
> Come on. Don't try to be smart! Running desupported software is living
> on a volcano, being incapable to evacuate and come back when the
> volcano really strikes.
> I think it is unprofessional to recommend doing that to anyone.
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
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I agree. I am not a fan of of software companies churning software ... putting out releases just to get upgrade income. But I don't see that applying to Oracle.

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Jun 13 2002 - 16:00:48 CDT