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From: postbus@sybrandb.demon.nl (Sybrand Bakker)
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Subject: Re: Oracle on Windows platforms
Date: 10 Oct 2001 05:17:10 -0700
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Dino Hsu <dino1.nospam@ms1.hinet.net> wrote in message news:<3ek7stot7jn0fk8uefrg43vpd35279bn2e@4ax.com>...
> Dear all,
> 
> Is there a complete list about the applicability of Oracle on Windows
> platforms, including the up-coming Windows XP?
> 
> Oracle             Type  NT  SVR-PE  SVR-SE  SVR-EE  client
> Windows 95          WS    N     Y       N       N       Y
> Windows 98          WS    N     Y       N       N       Y
> Windows 98 SE       WS    N     Y       N       N       Y
> Windows ME          WS    N     Y       N       N       Y
> Windows NT WS       WS    Y     Y       Y       Y       Y
> Windows NT SVR      SVR   Y     N       Y       Y       Y
> Windows 2K pro      WS    Y     Y       Y       Y       Y
> Windows 2K SVR      SVR   Y     N       Y       Y       Y
> Windows 2K AS       SVR   Y     N       Y       Y       Y
> Windows 2K DC       SVR   Y     N       Y       Y       Y
> Windows XP home     WS    Y     Y       Y       Y       Y
> Windows XP office   WS    Y     Y       Y       Y       Y
> Windows XP 64       WS    Y     Y       Y       Y       Y
> 
> The above is only my "best guess", there may be mistakes. My guess is
> based on the following understanding or assumptions:
> 1.Windows platforms can be categorized into workstations and servers,
> as well as by whether NT is applied.
> 2.Oracle server SE (standard edition) & EE (enterprise edition): they
> seem to be installable on both Windows servers and NT platforms.
> 3.Oracle server PE (personal edition): they are installable on non-NT
> platforms, but not sure about NT workstations.
> 4.The Windows XP which is to be published on Oct. 25th are all
> workstations (home, office, 64-bit), the server counterpart, Microsoft
> .net servers will be pulbished on June 2002. I don't have information
> about .net servers, please include them, if possible.
> 5.Oracle clients: installable on all Windows platforms.
> 6.Oracle 8, 8i, or 9i: Oracle versions are not distinguished in the
> table, there may be subtle differences accross versions.
> 
> Hope someone who knows this can correct my mistakes or make a new
> complete list to replace this tentative one. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Dino

Three remarks:
No Oracle product has been certified against WinMe, nor to WinXP.
Oracle 8 has been desupported, also windows 95 has been desupported.
The lowest release certified against win2k is 8.1.6, so I don't think
there are *subtle* differences.
Thirdly, and more important and sorry to say so:
Oracle maintains a certification matrix at Metalink, so your work is
redundant and very likely out of date soon.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA