Re: Is Oracle 8.1.7 database obselete?

From: HansF <News.Hans_at_telus.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:56:16 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2005.10.16.16.54.56.227877@telus.net>

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:50:23 -0700, Lee interested us by writing:

> Hi,
>
> Is Oracle 8.1.7 obselete?

Yes.

> There are companies usiung oracle 8.1.7 as a database.What should they
> do regarding that. Are they continue using 8.1.7 or theu upgrade to
> newer version.

Depends.

If they want to have support from Oracle, they upgrade as soon as possible.

If they don't care about support, they may stay with the old version. Then they ask their questions here and get told they should upgrade. Then they get upset because they thought they could save money by not getting official support and very few people here sympathize.

Realize that support also means getting assistance when the database crashes for any reason. If the data is important enough to protect, it is probably important enough to protect with an officially supported version of the database.

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Received on Sun Oct 16 2005 - 11:56:16 CDT