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8i Releases
Oracle8i
- 8i is the marketing name for Release 8.1.x
Oracle8i Release 2
- Also known as Release 8.1.6
Oracle8i Release 3 available as of August 2000
- Also known as Release 8.1.7
- Called the “terminal” release by Oracle Corp
- “extremely stable…thoroughly tested…supported longer than initial versions of Oracle8i”
Notes:
“Oracle8i” is really just Oracle Release 8.1. The “i” stands for “internet” and was added for marketing purposes; “Oracle8i is an Internet ready database!”
Release 8.1.6 is also called Release 2 - certainly only to confuse us! 8.1.7 is also called Release 3, and is said be Oracle Corp to be very stable. It is the last release in the 8 series, hence the "terminal release". Oracle will drop support for earlier versions shortly.