"Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message
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> Terry Dykstra wrote:
>
> >But you must have a support contract to legally download those patches.
>
> That is correct. I believe partners usually have support contracts.
>
> >Oracle support for 817 ended dec 31, 2004
>
> As a standalone statement, that is at best misleading. See the certify
> matrix, as well as the definitions of the various types of support and
> desupport.
>
> I notice there are patch selections available going back to O7 under
> "Patches and Updates". (Whether that will actually find any, couldn't
> say)
>
> It's kind of amusing that the certify says "To obtain Patch Sets from
> MetaLink, click the "Patches" button to the left" when there are no
> longer buttons on the left.
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> http://dorkbot.org/
>
You're right. I should have been more specific, since you can buy extended
support that goes past the Dec 31,2004 desupport date. You need that
extended support contract to download the latest patches.
--
Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
Received on Wed Jan 25 2006 - 15:24:54 CST
