Oracle’s 3000 support set, but a lack of growth help means no 8 plans Harry Sterling only needed to answer a few questions in the two-hour HP World roundtable. One of his more interesting replies outlined Oracle’s near-term future and Oracle8 on the 3000. Sterling said CSY would continue to support Oracle 7.2.whatever, but he’d need a better business case for any Oracle8 work. See, HP has already been doing the porting through the 7.x releases, and the work hasn’t sold many new 3000s. (That’s a task dear to Sterling’s heart.) We already knew Oracle hasn’t delivered the glut of applications CSY hoped for, either. Oracle is committed to supporting the 7.2.whatever release “as long as we need that to happen,” Sterling said. “The reality of Oracle is that it has not been a huge opportunity for new business on the 3000. It’s not to say that a lot of customers aren’t using it. But we’re seeing our largest vertical market growth areas using very strong applications that are written on IMAGE. Those are the areas where we are currently focusing our attention, because that’s where we’re getting a lot of new business for the platform — and that keeps us healthy in the long run.” Copyright 1998 The 3000 NewsWire. All rights reserved