Re: Buy Personal Oracle 7 in April or wait for a PO8(?) in June

Robert Jefson wrote:
>
> Hi,
> My trial version of Personal Oracle 7.3 for win95 will expire around
> April 7 and I plan to purchase a Personal Oracle product for either
> win95 or NT sometime soon after. I believe the rollout for Oracle 8 is
> slated for June and I'd like to know if there will be a Personal Oracle
> 8 for either win95 or NT available in June also. If a PO8 is available,
> I would like to know if anybody knows anything about Oracle's upgrade
> policy; say, if I buy PO7.3 in April could I get a free or low-cost
> upgrade to PO8 if/when it comes out, or should I hold off purchasing PO7
> and opt for PO8 in June. I'm new to Oracle and know nothing of their
> policies and plan to call them them on Monday but I figure some vets
> might be able to answer (or speculate intelligently on) these questions
> now. I'm supposing a June date since I saw Oracle's CFO on
> CNBC yesterday or the day before and he was confident Oracle 8 would
> ship in June.
>
> Thanks,
> -Rob rjefson_at_highway1.com

I went to an Oracle seminar last week. Although June/July was given as the 'production' date, general rollout was expected to move to August/September, and even then that didn't seem to include PO. Best to check with Oracle for precise details, but unless you can wait for up to 6 months, I suggest you get a 7.3 version.

Steve Phelan. Received on Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00:00 CET