Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 1894 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2008 08:53:20 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by air964.startdedicated.com with SMTP; 8 Aug 2008 08:53:20 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 3A63D8D75EB; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:53:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19063-04-35; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:53:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 705398D765D; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:53:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:51:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 338E48D75CD for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:51:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18034-02-14 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:51:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail4.sd.dreamhost.com (sd-green-dreamhost-133.dreamhost.com [208.97.187.133]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id F06A38D75A8 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:51:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.dannorris.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by webmail4.sd.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54CC30235; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 06:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 64.53.237.191 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dannorris@dannorris.com) by webmail.dannorris.com with HTTP; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 06:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3839.64.53.237.191.1218203475.squirrel@webmail.dannorris.com> In-Reply-To: References: <200808071502.m77F2YRQ028308@smtp18.singnet.com.sg> <900739.18138.qm@web65703.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <489B58AB.2020606@dannorris.com> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 06:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: 12G Desupport for Raw Devices From: dannorris@dannorris.com To: greg@structureddata.org Cc: "ORACLE-L Freelists" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.10a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 9998 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: dannorris@dannorris.com Precedence: normal Reply-to: dannorris@dannorris.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain > Generally before something is deprecated, an alternative is > introduced. As you mentioned, ASM is already introduced and I believe it is a fair alternative. Even with ASM as an alternative, I think 11gR2 will be an interesting release if the rumors are true. Dan -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l