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Re: Minutes 5 November 1999 Project Team Leaders Meeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Susan S. Minai-Azary)
Mon Nov 8 09:26:32 1999
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Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 09:26:14 -0500
To: "Reid M. Pinchback" <reidmp@mit.edu>, Bill Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>,
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From: "Susan S. Minai-Azary" <azary@MIT.EDU>
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Hello
The stable 8i database version is just now emerging according to the
database services team. Reid and the database team will be testing this
version so that we can make a recommendation.
Susan
At 12:25 PM -0500 11/5/1999, Reid M. Pinchback wrote:
>At 05:13 PM 11/5/99 +0000, Bill Cattey wrote:
>> Oracle -- Reid Pinchback
>> We are now at a transition point where it is becoming more
>> risky to stay with Oracle 7 than to migrate to Oracle 8.
>> Today 7.3.4 is ok for projects starting today, but
>> 6 months from now, Oracle 8 should be SERIOUSLY considered.
>
>Just as a clarification for those who weren't at the meeting, it is
>Oracle 8i, not 8, that will warrant consideration, for two reasons:
>
>1. The 8i versions are starting to solidify (so production use 8i
> will become increasingly feasible).
>
>2. At some point, probably in the next year or so, I expect the 7.3
> versions will be de-supported by Oracle. That will nudge us to
> gradually migrate our services to newer database versions, and to
> start using the newer versions when we launch new projects.
>
>
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