(or) be scientific about it, realize that number can't predict the future, and use 13 :) Googling version 13 shows that there are precedences: IMS version 13 library EEGLAB rivision history version 13 Linux mint maya version 13 Windward version 13 Firefox version 13 Adobe photoshop version 13 etc.. Sorry, I am wearing a party pooper hat today :) However, it may be Oracle 13B: B for BigData. Cheers Riyaj Shamsudeen Principal DBA, Ora!nternals - http://www.orainternals.com - Specialists in Performance, RAC and EBS Blog: http://orainternals.wordpress.com/ Oracle ACE Director and OakTable member <http://www.oaktable.com/> Co-author of the books: Expert Oracle Practices <http://tinyurl.com/book-expert-oracle-practices/>, Pro Oracle SQL, <http://tinyurl.com/ahpvms8> <http://tinyurl.com/ahpvms8>Expert RAC Practices 12c. <http://tinyurl.com/expert-rac-12c> Expert PL/SQL practices <http://tinyurl.com/book-expert-plsql-practices> <http://tinyurl.com/book-expert-plsql-practices> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe 13h (holistic for Oracle marketing and horror for the film). > > > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *rajendra.pande@xxxxxxx > *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:40 PM > *To:* MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx; Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: Oracle 13 > > > > > > Taking about sinister it would be funny to see someone coming up with some > clever “Friday the 13th spoof” on oracle 13 J > > > > I guess something like 13c is not the same as 13. But still all things > considered I can imagine ORACLE coming up with some clever excuse to skip > 13. > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ > mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On > Behalf Of *Adams, Matthew (GE, Appl & Light) > *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:33 PM > *To:* Oracle-L (E-mail) > *Subject:* RE: Oracle 13 > > > > No, roman numerals are definitely the way they should go here. > > > > I want to see Oracle XIII…seems more sinister somehow, which makes that > much more appropriate > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ > mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On > Behalf Of *David Fitzjarrell > *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:02 PM > *To:* sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L (E-mail) > *Subject:* Re: Oracle 13 > > > > They could use hex: > > > > Oracle D > > > > or octal which puts us back to: > > > > Oracle 15 > > > > Or maybe binary: > > > > Oracle 1101 > > > > Maybe use base 9: > > > > Oracle 14 > > > > Base 11 wouldn't work, though: > > > > Oracle 12 > > > > How about base 7: > > > > Oracle 16 > > > > The possibilities could be endless. > > > > David Fitzjarrell > > Principal author, "Oracle Exadata Survival Guide" > > > > On Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:17 AM, Stéphane Faroult < > sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I agree with Tim that it's about marketing and not arithmetic. The > trouble is that nobody can ignore the Chinese market these days, and > Oracle 14 will definitely not do in China (no 14th floor in Hong Kong), > and the Chinese attach even more importance to numbers than westerners. > Will we skip for Oracle 12Rn to Oracle 15? Talk of a "mature" product ... > > Stéphane Faroult > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > >