Re: anyone know the terminal release of Oracle 7 server for Sun Solaris 2.x?

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:52:12 +0200, Piotr Kolodziej <pkol_at_otago.gda.pl> wrote:
>James Dickson wrote in message <358E80C1.1835_at_mail.esrin.esa.it>...
>>Could anyone please tell me what was the terminal
>>release of Oracle 7 RDBMS server for Sun Solaris 2.x ?
>>
>>The site:
>>ftp://oracle-ftp.us.oracle.com/server/patch_sets/SUN_SOLARIS2/73patchsets/
>>would seem to imply 7.3.4.2.0 was the latest version but
>>I was really looking for a definitive announcement from Oracle corp,
>>which I haven't been able to track down anywhere on the web.
>>
>
>
>What does it mean terminal release ????

He meant the last one, nothing to do with terminals. They released some "terminal release" announcements having to do with VMS, so he is looking for something similar for Solaris. The announcements have to do with support, really.

I have the impression he won't yet find a definitive press release from Oracle, since they are still occassionally dribbling out patches. Lots of customers invariably scream when they hear such a desupport announcement.

From http://www.oracle.com/platforms/dec/html/wwcs.html

   3) Oraclemetals support for the terminal release    of Developer/2000 1.x on all Oracle platforms will    be available through the supported life of Oracle    7.3. At this time, Developer/2000 1.6 is expected    to be the terminal release of Developer/2000 1.x    supporting the terminal release of Oracle 7.3.x    The end of Oraclemetals support for Oracle 7.3    will occur no earlier than December 31, 1999, and    Oracle will provide 24 months advanced    notification prior to the end of Oraclemetals    support.

>If you mean SQL*Forms, SQL*Menu, SQL*ReportWritter tools
>& text-mode SQL*DBA the last release for almost all unixes
>is 7.2.3. Also for Solaris.
>
>Regards,
>Piotr Kolodziej
>pkol_at_otago.gda.pl
>

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