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Re: Minutes 5 November 1999 Project Team Leaders Meeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harold Pakulat)
Mon Nov 8 14:07:33 1999
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Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 14:07:03 -0500
To: "Susan S. Minai-Azary" <azary@mit.edu>
From: Harold Pakulat <pakulat@MIT.EDU>
Cc: "Reid M. Pinchback" <reidmp@mit.edu>, Bill Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>,
magellan@mit.edu, delivery@mit.edu, integration-ptl@mit.edu,
tomt@mit.edu, itit@mit.edu, ds-ask@mit.edu
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Hello-
We just recieved the following "Product Obsolescence Advisory" from Oracle.
Planned Data Server desupport dates:
Version Planned Desupport Date
------- ----------------------
7.3.4 1 January 2001 (terminal release)
8.0.4 1 April 2000
8.0.5 1 July 2000
8.0.6 1 October 2001
8.1.5 1 January 2001
Odd as it seems, Oracle 8.0.4 and 8.0.5 will be desupported prior to Oracle
7.3.4.
Harold
At 09:26 AM 11/8/99 -0500, Susan S. Minai-Azary wrote:
>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.
>>
>>
>>====================================================
>>= Reid M. Pinchback =
>>= I/T Delivery, MIT =
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>
