Re: RE: Oracle 13

  • From: kellyn.potvin@xxxxxxxxx
  • To: "Adams, Matthew (GE, Appl & Light)" <MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:53:04 +0300

 I have to admit, I can't wait for Oracle 13 and EM13c...  13 is my lucky 
number!! :)

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>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
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