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Glen A Stromquist wrote:
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
>> Chuck wrote:
>>
>>> sean_at_cnfei.com (Sean Chang) wrote in
>>> news:466f3951.0309161128.524f09f_at_posting.google.com:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello, Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Our company is currently running Oracle DB 8.1.7 EE in Solaris 8,
>>>> we are planning to upgrade our database during this winter to
>>>> a newer version in Linux. Which way should I go--- directly to
>>>> Oracle 10g ( suppose 10g is available then) or to Oracle 9i only.
>>>> In one hand I have read Oracle 10g has some nice new features, on the
>>>> other hand Oracle 9i has been out for a while and it's likely more
>>>> stable.
>>>> Please advise.
>>>>
>>>> Sean Chang
>>>> sean_at_cnfei.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 10g if you like being on the bleeding edge, 9i if not. Personally
>>> I'll wait for R2 before I even think about upgrading to 10g. I've
>>> been burned to many times with early versions of Oracle and
>>> Microsoft software.
>>>
>>> I wonder which version Orbitz will choose? :-)
>>>
>>>
>> I wonder whether they will invest some money in training their
>> staff? ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Daniel Morgan
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>> http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
>> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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>>
> geez, I *just* got all my db's to 8.1.7 this year, actually one still
> on 8.1.5, but at least got rid of the 8.0 and 7.X ones. I've barely
> even started thinking about 9i yet, probably start migrating them in
> the new year if the 3rd party apps are 9i compliant.
>
> As far as going to 10g, by the time most of our 3rd party apps will be
> ready for 9i, it'll be well past the 2nd release anyway, in fact one
> app wasnt even ready for 8i until this last spring.
>
> Almost everyone i know in the oracle world says wait until at least
> release 2, but someone has to take on for the team here and try out
> the brand-spankin new version, do they not? Or there would be no
> release 2!:-)
>
That's what development, testing, and department-level apps are for,
Wait to rel. 2 for line-of-business applications such as financial apps.
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Wed Sep 17 2003 - 18:20:00 CDT