Re: Rdb 72 FT2 for Alpha and I64

"Norman Lastovica" <norman.lastovica@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:42F0EFBF.FFBD8B0B@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of Field Test 2
>    for it's continuing Rdb 7.2 Beta Program.  The field test of Oracle
>    Rdb 7.2 is available to run on OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for HP
>    Integrity Servers and for OpenVMS for AlphaServer systems.  The
>    kits are available for download on the Rdb 7.2 Beta program web
>    site (http://otnbeta.oracle.com/Rdb/index.htm)
for registered
>    Beta customers.
>
>         The Field Test 2 kit includes the following products:
>
>         - Oracle Rdb for Itanium and Alpha
>         - Oracle CODASYL DBMS for Itanium and Alpha
>         - Oracle CDD/Repository for Itanium and Alpha
>         - Oracle SQL/Services & OCI Services for Rdb for Itanium and
> Alpha
>         - Oracle Rdb Native JDBC Drivers for Itanium and Alpha
>         - Oracle Replication Option for Rdb for Itanium and Alpha
>         - Oracle Trace for Rdb for Itanium
>
>         Oracle expects to release Oracle Rdb Release 7.2 for production
>    use in the second half of calendar year 2005.  If you have not done
>    so already, you can register for the Rdb 7.2 Beta Program by
> visiting
>    our Beta Program web site (http://otnbeta.oracle.com/Rdb/index.htm).
>
>    Ginger Vollmar
>    Rdb Beta Programs Administrator
> -- 
> - - - - -
> 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 cor****ation.
>
> norman lastovica / oracle rdb engineering

I really wish that OracleRdb would stop mouthing the HP mantra that 
Integrity 64 systems are "Industry Standard".  I do not observe widespread

acceptance of this particular hardware architecture sufficient to merit
the 
moniker "Industry Standard".

Upon re-reading - "available to run on OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for HP

Integrity Servers" I realise that I may have misunderstood.
Is Oracle claiming that OpenVMS is somehow industry standard ratehr than
the 
Itanic part of HP Integrity Servers?

This quoted phrase is nonsensical to me and must be marketing speak - a 
language I do not master.

Dr. Dweeb.