[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Keith Parris]

On 8/2/2012 11:57 PM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> In article <jveuaf$fo$2 at usenet01.boi.hp.com>, Keith Parris
> <keithparris_deletethis at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> On 8/2/2012 6:33 AM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>> Dirk Munk wrote 2012-08-02 14:05:
>>>> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>>> There was a roadmap in Powerpoint that suggested  a new version of
>>>> RdB. It was discussed in this group.
>>>
>>> Yes, that should probably be 7.3. Not affected by the current news.
>>
>> It would be an Rdb version 7.4, 7.5, 8.0, etc. which would be again
>> allowed to go out, given the current news.
>
> OK, but as long as nothing changes but the version number, what does it
> matter?

It resets the 8-year timer for Oracle Lifetime Support, allowing active 
Engineering work on the product to extend farther into the future.