I bet it will be Oracle 13c. BTW, pricing for database as a service is now available at https://cloud.oracle.com/database?tabID=1406491812773. Iggy From: riyaj.shamsudeen@xxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:50:23 -0800 Subject: Re: Oracle 13 CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (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 libraryEEGLAB rivision history version 13Linux mint maya version 13Windward version 13Firefox version 13Adobe 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 Co-author of the books: Expert Oracle Practices, Pro Oracle SQL, Expert RAC Practices 12c. Expert PL/SQL 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] 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] 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