Re: Reasons to upgrade from Oracle 7.3.4 to 8i

And don't forget you can use rman with 8x. Ruth ----- Original Message -----
To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:28 AM

> Not "completely unsupported" - plenty of old patches exist and can be
> downloaded and applied. There's tons of support docs on solving issues
aside
> from applying patches. If the DB crashes (which doesn't happen often as
the
> databases are usually stable and the hardware unchanging) support will
work
> with you to get it back up. BUT if you do have to change hardware or OS,
and
> the DB doesn't work with it, you are SOL (and will get the song and dance
> from support about only option is upgrade).
> Many companies are unwilling to invest the money, time and effort to
upgrade
> the DB and application for a stable system, unless they see a ROI that
isn't
> solely related to desupport of the DB.
>
> Other reasons to upgrade: ability to upgrade OS and hardware, tools that
> only work on newer versions, index options (bitmap, etc.).
>
> Margaret
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com [mailto:Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:48 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Reasons to upgrade from Oracle 7.3.4 to 8i
> >
> >
> >
> > How about the fact
> >
> > You are completely unsupported by Oracle in that version.
> >
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