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Re: Oracle 7.2 on Solaris 8 - Will it work???

From: Brandon <nospam_at_myemail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 02:17:26 GMT
Message-ID: <VazBa.1066286$S_4.1076272@rwcrnsc53>


Never met a gov't employee?

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3ED2623A.71C4FB37_at_exxesolutions.com...
> Telemachus wrote:
>
> > I was going to say what Daniel said, but on balance
> > you are probably disturbing a stable system.
> > Chaos normally ensues.
> > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
> > news:3ED23105.A2648CC_at_exxesolutions.com...
> > > Andy S wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > need to urgently replace servers without upgrading Oracle 7.2. Will
this
> > > > version work on Solaris 8 or 9?
> > > > Has anyone done this ??
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > > Andy
> > > >
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> > > Don't know. And I can't think of any reason I'd want to know. If it
runs,
> > and I
> > > emphasize "if" it would be untested and unsuported. But then I guess
that
> > doesn't
> > > bother your employer as with 7.2 you have a version of Oracle almost
as
> > old as you are
> > > and they've been running unsupported for a decade or more.
> > >
> > > My advice would be to upgrade from 7.2 to, at a minimum, 8.1.7.4 if
for no
> > other
> > > reason than the fact that your current resume is about as likely to
get
> > you a new job
> > > as resume with experience in ALGOL and RPG II.
> > >
> > > If your firm is content to stay with a paleolithic database they
should
> > feel equally
> > > comfortable staying with a neolithic operating system. I'd stay away
from
> > any changes.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Daniel Morgan
> > > http://www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp
> > > damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> > > (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
> > >
> > >
>
> Somewhere out there some company must exist with Oracle 9.2 and the
init.ora
> setting
>
> COMPATIBLE=6.0
>
> or worse?
>
> I know what the CFO's of these companies are thinking. But I can't
comprehend
> the employee that would sit their watching their resume' grow stale and
near
> worthless. I got out of COBOL when I saw the window closing and have
> never regreted the decision. I can't imagine anyone working with Oracle
7.x
> thinking they are employable if they ever
> lose their current job. Well I mean doing something more interesting than
> flipping burgers.
>
> Just for pure financial survival I'd walk.
> --
> Daniel Morgan
> http://www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
>
>
Received on Thu May 29 2003 - 21:17:26 CDT

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