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We are actually in the same situation, and have the same concerns. Full support of 8.12 ends April 2011, with Tax/Regulatory support ending April 2012. However, we really don't want to upgrade to 9.0, as full support of that ends Sept 2013 already. We just completed our upgrade to 8.12 in March 2009. If Oracle doesn't release 9.1 until FY11, that's more than 5 years after the 8.12 release, and with their full support ending 5 years after GA, it puts customers in a bind of needing to be on the latest release if they don't want to pay for Extended Support. Or is that their strategy? By the way, we are staying current on Tools Releases - we are planning on going on 8.98.3.x July 24th.
Dave Schleicher
LOGIS
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Oracle's strategy, often stated, is to keep customers moving to a current release. They have made strides toward easier upgrades but I think that effort may be too late - organizations fear upgrades the way people fear zombies. Oracle has a long way to go to convince people that they should upgrade and move forward.
I'm all for releasing better software so they don't have to push people forward. Fix the darn bugs before release and you wouldn't have to keep pushing customers forward.