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Technology Stocks : Oracle Corporation (ORCL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MeDroogies who wrote (11331)	7/15/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: Michael Olin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19079

Nahh, they're laying off consultants left and right...(just reiterating what someone posted here about a month ago...LOL) ... and all of the salespeople are leaving and Ray Lane is going to be the next CEO of HP (or is it Compaq, or EDS?)... I'm past laughing (out loud or to myself) and now just shake my head in feigned disbelief. If anyone is interested in how quickly Oracle 8i will be adopted, check out this: From: Oracle Support Services <MEDIAGRP@US.ORACLE.COM> Subject: Desupport Notice: Oracle8, version 8.0.5 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:35:16 -0700 This email is a notification about Oracle EE Server Version 8.0.5. Per your request, this serves only as a notification. Product: Oracle8, version 8.0.5 Error Correction Support ends on: June 30, 2000 Extended Assistance Support ends on: June 30, 2003 Product Obsolescence/Desupport Summary: Oracle Corporation formally announces that Oracle8, version 8.0.5 will be supported through June 30, 2000. The migration options are 8.0.6 and/or 8.1.5. Oracle 8.1.5 is currently available on several platforms. 8.0.6 is now available on Sun SPARC Solaris, with the other top 4 platforms to follow within 2 months. Product Obsolescence/Desupport Details: Oracle is providing to Oracle RDBMS supported customers a free upgrade to Oracle 8.0.6 or 8.1.5. Extended Assistance Support will be provided for 3 years after Error Correction Support ends to those customers who are unable to upgrade before June 30, 2000. Extended Assistance Support provides for telephone and electronic support only, consisting of the following: * Answer to customer's questions * Known workarounds * Assist customers with migration path information Extended Assistance Support does not provide for the following: * Software error correction support * Backporting of fixes * Certification with supported products or newer operating system releases * Escalation Support, guaranteed response times or skill availability Support Notes: Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Intelligent Agent: Oracle Enterprise Manager 1.6.0 (including all tools which ship with Enterprise Manager), Oracle Enterprise Manager Change Management Pack 1.6.0, Oracle Enterprise Manager Diagnostics Pack 1.6.0, Oracle Enterprise Manger Tuning Pack 1.6.0, and Oracle Intelligent Agent 8.0.5 will be desupported on June 30, 2000. The migration path for these products are, respectively, Enterprise Manager 1.6.5 and above versions, Enterprise Manager Change Management Pack 1.6.5 and above versions, Enterprise Manager Diagnostics Pack 1.6.5 and above versions, Enterprise Manager Tuning Pack 1.6.5 and above versions, and Intelligent Agent 8.0.6 and above versions. In addition, the Multi-Language Editions (MLE) of the above-mentioned Packs will also be desupported on June 30, 2000; these would include Oracle Enterprise Manager Change Management Pack 1.6.1, Oracle Enterprise Manager Diagnostics Pack 1.6.1, and Oracle Enterprise Manger Tuning Pack 1.6.1. The migration path for these products are, respectively, the Multi-Language Editions of Enterprise Manager Change Management Pack 1.6.5 and above versions, Enterprise Manager Diagnostics Pack 1.6.5 and above versions, and Enterprise Manager Tuning Pack 1.6.5 and above versions. For those platforms on which will be certified for Oracle 8.0.6 after January, 2000, six months error correction support will be provided for Oracle 8.0.5 after the certifications are completed. For those platforms which Oracle 8.0.5 is the terminal release, error correction support will be continued until the date when Oracle 8.0.6 will be desupported on all platforms. Customer Actions: Due to these limitations, Oracle recommends that customers upgrade Oracle 8.0.6 or 8i to maintain the highest level of support for their products and systems. To request a free upgrade to Oracle 8.0.6 or 8i, US customers may post their request in the MetaLink US Client Relations forum (non-urgent requests only). Please mark the post as Oracle Only distribution and include the necessary shipping information. You may also call 650-551-8900(CA), 719-635-8900(CO) or 407-240-8900(FL) and route your call to Client Relations/Customer Service. Non-U.S. customers should contact their local Oracle Support Center. -Michael