Is it that Oracle's business model is pushing these releases or is it the rapid pace of technology change and the demand of the user for features? The push to the web, XML, Java, and new feature requests (rename column, fk's , drop column, etc...). Then there is competition too that has to be considered. If Oracle doesn't "keep up with the Joneses" as it were, what kind of market share will it have 5 and 10 years down the line.
So, in my opinion, Oracle really has no choice but to pursue the course that it is. I think they have learned some lessons down the road, and I'm willing to bet that 10.0.1 (or whatever) will be far more stable than 9.0.1 was. RF Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP Oracle Database Architect CSX Midtier Database Administration Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com! Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L does this bother anybody else as much as it bothers me? just what is Oracle's business model for pushing these release's out this fast? are there that many new features, or a market to capture, that justifies this? makes no sense to me. the shelf life of an oracle release is now about a year and a half. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Heard from Tom Kyte that 10i should be out by Dec'03. He also said that the code is already frozen and beta testing is going on. Prakash -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 14:09 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The day we all finish upgrading our databases to 9i. Sunil Nookala DBA Dell Corp. -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone heard when Oracle will be releasing version 10i? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Pall, Tom [Contractor] INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: BALA,PRAKASH (HP-USA,ex1) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Freeman, Robert INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
