Re: 9i de-supporting end of this July?
- From: "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:26:59 +0100
Well you are right and wrong!
Yes Oracle will de-support 9i at the end of July. At that point it goes into
extended support. This isn't a new announcement by the way it has been
around a while.
A couple of things have changed however. The first is that all products now
have a 5 year life as per the quote below.
Premier Support provides a standard five-year support policy for Oracle
Technology and Oracle Applications products. You can extend support for an
additional three years with Extended Support for specific releases, or
receive indefinite technical support with Sustaining Support.
The 5 years runs from general availability - so to July 2007 for 9.2 which
was released in July 2002 and to Jan 2009 for 10.1 - so you have 18 months
or so to do something about that release. :)
The second new thing is that Oracle announced quite recently that the first
year of extended support for 9.2 would be free - that is until July 31 2008.
On 4/28/07, Syed Jaffar Hussain <sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi List,
I have learnt that Oracle is going to de-support version 9i by end of
July. Is that true?
Are there any official announcements?
I don't see anything in the metalink.
If the above is believed to be true, then, its really very short time that
Oracle has given.
I feel that in a way, they are forcing everyone to upgrade to 10g.
Any limelight on this?
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Best Regards,
Syed Jaffar Hussain
Oracle ACE
8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA
http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/
http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#hussain
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.orawin.info
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