"Richard Foote"
> In the next couple of months, you may still be waiting for 11g depending
> on your platform.
>
> I've been playing with Oracle since the Oracle 7 days (yep, I'm only a
> relative newbie in this game) and if the first release of Oracle 8, 8i, 9i
> and 10g are anything to go by, I would be hesitate to jump into the first
> version of any major release.
>
> In practicality, by the time one actually spends the time to learn the new
> features and subtleties of the new product and by the time one tests
> existing applications on the new release to discover the obvious bugs, you
> may as well wait the remaining time until Release 2 anyways.
>
> Another danger of jumping in too early is that it usually takes Oracle
> Support until release 2 to become comfortable support the thing
> themselves.
>
> Interestingly, I believe Oracle Corp are beginning to clue up to this
> usual "waiting until Release Stable" strategy and I wouldn't be surprised
> if 11g Release 2 appears earlier than usual.
>
Completely agree. Business as usual. I don't even bother testing until the
release 2.
Palooka
Received on Sat Sep 01 2007 - 16:39:19 CDT
