Re: when does Oracle 8i go out of service?

Joel Garry wrote:

> johnleslie_at_madasafish.com (John Leslie) wrote in message news:<4412dd31.0302271158.46049394_at_posting.google.com>...
> > When does Oracle 8.1.7 go out of service?
> >
> > John
>
> Metalink doesn't seem to be working for me just now, but that is where
> you go for definitive answers. Note there are various dates for
> various levels of support. You can count on the bugfix part being not
> long after 10i comes out.
>
> jg
> --
> @home is bogus. I'm not a metalink addict. I can stop using it
> whenever I want. I'm not obsessing over it being out of my reach now.
> I do feel kinda sick, but that's probably just the flu that's going
> around. I... [retch] I... [hurl] I need my mometalink!

Here it is copied directly from http://metalink.oracle.com

Product Details:                Platform(s) Details:
 Product: Oracle Server - Client, Enterprise Edition, Parallel Server, Personal Edition, RAC & Standard Edition
 Product Version(s):         8.1.7 (8i) & 8.1.7.x (8i)

Platform(s):                Platform Version(s):
ALL Platforms           ALL

Desupport End Dates:
 Error Correction Support (ECS):                                  31-DEC-2003
 Extended Assistance Support (EAS):                            31-DEC-2006
 Extended Maintenance Support (EMS):                        31-DEC-2005

Please everyone ... stop posting invalid statements and assumptions. The release of 10i will in no way affect the above dates.

BTW: metalink is once again working.

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Feb 27 2003 - 19:03:44 CST