I was told by a trusted source outside HP that HP sent letters to "some"
customers in February advising them that Oracle 8 would not be made
available on the HP3000. I have not seen one of these letters nor have I
talked directly to anyone who has received such a letter. I tried to get
confirmation/denial from HP at IPROF, but was unsuccessful - my card was
supposedly passed on to the appropriate individuals at HP for a
response. Since that was over 6 weeks ago and I have received no
response, I will try again through other channels to get a yea or nay.
If I get anything concrete, I will report to the list.

John Burke
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From: Christian Lheureux [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 9:41 AM
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Subject: R?f. : Oracle on the HP3000 (was RE: R?f. : Re: Th e Future if
the 3000)


CHRISTIAN LHEUREUX@MOULINEX
30/04/98 18:41

John Burke wrote :

>>I believe 7.2.3 is correct - that is what we have here. As for Oracle
8,
>>where did you get the information that it would be available on the
>>HP3000? Rumor has it that some customers have been notified that
Oracle
>>8 would not be available on the 3K.

OK, I probably should not have quoted an unsubstantiated rumor. It is
old
(about 1 year, Spring '97), unsubstantiated,
neither confirmed nor denied, and AFAIK not from an official source,
either
 HP or Oracle, but from some free-lance consultants
in Europe, that might have gotten it from other unofficial sources. Hard
to
 check. Sorry for the confusion.

John, BTW, how did you get the rumor that Oracle 8 might not be ported
to
the 3k ? Does it come from some official source ?

Christian "typing way too fast for his own brain" Lheureux





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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Lheureux [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 3:06 AM
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> Subject: R?f. : Re: The Future if the 3000

< snip >

> Oracle works fine on the HP3000. Current version is (corect me if I'm
> wrong, I'm no Oracle guru) 7.2.3, with 8 soon to blossom.

< snip
I believe 7.2.3 is correct - that is what we have here. As for Oracle 8,
where did you get the information that it would be available on the
HP3000? Rumor has it that some customers have been notified that Oracle
8 would not be available on the 3K. We have been trying to get an answer
- so far with no success.

Anyone have hard information?

John Burke
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