[Info-vax] Oracle-RDB question

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

sapienzaf wrote:

> On Oct 8, 6:21 pm, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> When you poke around here:http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/rdb/index.html
>> it looks like Oracle-RDB does not yet run on OpenVMS-8.x
>>
>> Do have this right? They don't yet support 8.3? (or does it run on 8.3
>> although it just has not been certified for 8.3?)
>>
>> Maybe someone could bring this up at the Oracle Update Days on Oct-22
>> in Nashua.
>>
>> NSR
> 
> Ummm... no, it's supported.
> 
> If you click on the "RDB Product Compatibility Matrix" link on that
> page (right side, in the section titled Quick Picks) then you'll see
> both RDB v7.1 and v7.2 are supported on OpenVMS 8.x
> 
> I have a client running RDB v7.1 on OpenVMS Alpha v8.3, happily, for
> some time now.
> 
> In addition, there were some e-mails today on the JCC RDB mailing list
> about making the two technical forums available to non-attendees.  I
> ignored the e-mails (because I'm hoping to attend at Nashua), so I
> don't know if it's going to be interactive.  Maybe someone else can
> get those to you.

FWIW, here is the message sent on the Rdb maillist :


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Dear Oracle Rdb and Oracle Database on OpenVMS Customers,

We have had several customers write and tell us that they want
to attend one of this year's North American Forums but they
can't get travel approval. To accommodate all who would like
to attend, we will now provide remote access for those who
cannot attend in person. If you would like to attend remotely,
all you need to do is register online at:

     www.oracle.com/technology/products/rdb/tech_forums/

and send mail to "infordb_us at oracle.com" telling us that you
will be a remote attendee. We will then send you an email with
the dial-in information and a link to the presentation material.
This can be done for either the Redwood Shores or Nashua Forums.
The agendas for both events, with the times and session topics,
are posted on the registration site. As a reminder, the dates
and locations for these two Forums are:

     October 19-20 Oracle Conference Center
     350 Oracle Parkway
     Redwood Shores, CA, USA

     October 22-23 Oracle New England Development Center
     One Oracle Drive
     Nashua, NH, USA
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There was also a question posted :

 > Dumb question: is there a cost to being a remote attendee?

to which Ian Smith replied :

 > No cost.  There is no cost being a face to face attendee
 > either (well apart from transport and accommodation).
 > Alas as a remote attendee you'll miss out on the
 > customer dinner :-)
 > Ian