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<mailto: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