Re: 9i Client on VIsta

> Don't install Vista, but stay with NT 4 or Win2000 - the very same,
> that were hot when 8i was hot.
>
> Why is everybody always keen to update the OS, when updating Oracle
> is such a problem? Especially when the OS is Redmond sourced.

Aslong an application is client server, you will have this problem. The life cycle of a server-OS is much longer as a client OS. Especially if you have a stable application with many clients and with oracle as a stable database server the database release will not be replaced by the customers even oracle stops the support.
But on client side, if you by a modern hardware, you meanwhile do not get NT or Win2K or XP.
I do not say Oracle is guilty or MS, we as software developer has look for solutions.
Coming back to the problem, If you have to support different oracle releases (8i is meanwhile getting replaced) you have to compile packages for each releases. And as I understand you, there is no way other than having a machine for every OS (I have it but I do not like to go to three machines for only compiling the source code).

Kind regads
Nicolas Received on Tue Jul 03 2007 - 17:32:34 CDT