Re: Oracle statement of direction

From: Norman Lastovica (norman.lastovica_at_oracle.com)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:18:13 -0600

It would be proper and correct to read into the document that
Oracle Rdb and Oracle Database on OpenVMS are developed by two
different groups at Oracle who do not necessarily include each
other in their public statements about their respective products.

In fact, the port of Rdb to Itanium is well underway. We are
soliciting volunteers who will bring application code and Rdb
databases to the OpenVMS Boot Camp in Nashua. We will work with
them to port their code to Itanium processors at that event.

We expect to release an ADK this quarter that will allow customers
to compile their applications on Itanium while using Rdb's remote
access capabilities to read and write data on an Alpha processor.
We expect to release two beta test versions of Rdb on Itanium before
a final production release in the second quarter of next year.
With these releases, both database and applications will run entirely
on Itanium. Of course, we continue to support Rdb on VAX & Alpha
processors as well (though active, 'new feature' work on the VAX
is declining).

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 opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone
 and certainly are not intended in any way to
 express or represent any opinions or commitment
 of oracle corporation.

 norman lastovica / oracle rdb engineering

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