Re: No Oracle Standard Edition planned for VMS on IA64

Malcolm Dunnett wrote:
> In article <12atesbki3t6aeb_at_corp.supernews.com>,
> "Syltrem" <syltremzulu_at_videotron.ca> writes:
> >
> > What version of Standard Edition are you running now?
> > I see Standard for 8.1.7 was never available.. and nothing after that ( I
> > was surprised to see this)
>
> Hmm. I'm on 9.2.0.4 Standard Edition on VMS 7.3-2 on Alpha. It was
> certainly supported in the past and they still appear to be taking my
> support money :-)
>
> Before that I was on 8.1.7 Standard Edition, which was also supported
> at the time.
>
> Given how inaccurate the support matrix is for the Alpha version
> perhaps the "not planned" for Itanium is a mistake?

Isn't it about 8 years since Compaq sent out the 10-year sunset notice for VMS? (0r was that Alpha?) Since I haven't touched VMS for 10 years, it's just nostalgia for me.

jg

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