Re: Oracle 8i/9i and Windows Server 2003

Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:<3E8B1BF4.CFE3D8EE_at_telusplanet.net>...
> sam wrote:
>
> > Any thoughts on support of Oracle 8i and/or 9i on Windows Server 2003?
> > Seems like this will be an important topic for MSFT/Windows shops
> > that run Oracle, that anticipate moving to Windows Server 2003 (the
> > general release of WS2003 is April 24 I believe).
> >
> > I looked at Metalink and there is really no mention of .Net Server or
> > Windows Server 2003 (at least that I could find).
>
> Seems to me that Oracle would need access to the version that needs to be
> certified before Oracle would comment on whether it is, or is not,
> certified. A few counter-questions here:
>
> 1) Given the relationship between the two organizations, does Oracle even
> get early releases of the software?
>
> 2) Every one of the previous releases of Windows had a service pack "1"
> released relatively soon after the official general release date. Why
> would Oracle even consider [spending the time/effort] to certify before
> SP-1?
>
> 3) With plans to desupport 8i this year, would it make sense to certify 8i
> on the new OS?
>
> You ask for opinions, not facts (in this case, only Oracle can give the
> facts). So my comments echo those of others ... 8i & 9iR1 are unlikely,
> 9iR2 (9.2) is possible.
> /Hans

but the best news will be that SMT will be supported. so all you folk with P IV hardare with hyperthreading disabled in the bios (due to per cpu licensing) will be able to turn that back on.

that makes me wanna kick the tires on W2K+3 Server before SP1 comes out ... but does not make me want to run a 2.5 leenucks kernel ... OSDN can do that and I'll read the articles.

Paul Received on Wed Apr 02 2003 - 18:39:19 CST