Which means upgrades to systems every 18 months which is totally unreasonable. Dick Goulet, Senior Oracle DBA 45 Bartlett St Marlborough, Ma 01752, USA Tel.: 598.573.1978 |Fax: 508.229.2019 | Cell:508.742.5795 RGoulet@xxxxxxxxxx : POWERING TRANSFORMATION ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Williams Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:56 AM To: joan.hsieh@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle_l Subject: Re: certification question Joan, Yes, there is a direct path to go to 10g with one exam. But hold on . . . hey 11g is almost ready! Maybe you should wait and hit that one. Gotta love it . . . Oracle's target is a new major release every 18 months, which means a new certification every 18 months. Dennis Williams