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"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
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> On 23 Jul 2002 14:38:34 -0700, terrificbowler_at_yahoo.com (A. Howser)
> wrote:
>
> >What exactly does de-support mean? I've seen a lot of discussion of
> >it, but no definition. Specifically, here is my problem:
> >
> >Government client has a contract from 1999 stating that we have to
> >develop this app on Oracle 8.0.4 on NT. We don't want to upgrade,
> >first because changing the contract would be a big hassle, and second
> >because they would demand that all of the software be regression
> >tested.
> >
> >However, we only recently realized that 8.0.4 and OLE DB do not play
> >nice together. I saw in a post that there are patches to upgrade to
> >8.0.4.4 that can fix this. Does "desupported" mean that Oracle will
> >not give us these patches? I would think it does, but I need to know
> >for sure.
> >
> >Also, if that is the case, does someone have those patches lying
> >around that they could give to us?
>
> Desupport means they will drop the phone on you and they won't give
> you patches. Extended Assistance Support means that they will give
> your patches for *known* bugs, Extended Correction Support: well it
> pretty much says it. Still no backports though, IIRC. A backport is a
> bug solved in a subsequent release ported back to your release.
> 8.0.4 was deleted in a few months time. I don't think anyone has
> patches.
>
>
>
> Hth
>
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
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Received on Tue Jul 23 2002 - 17:51:44 CDT
