I have to admit, I can't wait for Oracle 13 and EM13c... 13 is my lucky number!! :) Sent from myMail for iOS > >Thursday, November 6, 2014, 11:33 AM -0700 from Adams, Matthew (GE, Appl & >Light) <MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx>: >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