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From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel@netscape.net>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Re: Not in Italy (was: Book with Oracle 9i Trial)
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Cris Carampa wrote:
> Frank van Bortel wrote:
> 
>> I don't get your math, but what about 9iR1 being de-supported
>> *before* 8i(R3) was desupported?
>> And then what: desupport just means no code changes anymore...
> 
> 
> Everything is stated on Metalink:
> 
> Error Correction Support for Oracle Database version(s) 9.0.1 (9i) & 
> 9.0.1.x (9i) on the following platform(s): ALL Platforms, effective 
> 31-DEC-2003 (Note:201685.1)
> 
> Error Correction Support for Oracle Database version(s) 8.1.7 (8i) & 
> 8.1.7.x (8i) on the following platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP, 
> Microsoft Windows 2000, Linux x86, HP-UX PA-RISC, IBM OS/390 (z/OS) 
> version(s) ALL - OSDI, excluding MPM, Microsoft Windows 98, HP Tru64 
> UNIX, HP Alpha OpenVMS, Solaris Operating System (x86), IBM AIX-Based 
> Systems version(s) 5L, Fujitsu-Siemens BS2000/OSD, Solaris Operating 
> System (SPARC), Microsoft Windows NT for Intel, effective 31-DEC-2004 
> (Note:148054.1)
> 
> Kind regards,
> 

Yes - what I said: 9i was desupported BEFORE 8i was.
My understanding of your math was that it (9i desupport) would
be some 18 months AFTER 8i desupport.
-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel