Also, see these important 11g notes:
Speculation of release date for Oracle 11g
December 23, 2005
With 2006 approaching fast, some
Oracle experts are already speculating about the next new release of
Oracle. If we look historically, we will be "due" for a new
release of the Oracle database in early 2007, in just 15 months:
Release |
Year |
Years between releases |
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Oracle6 |
1988 |
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Oracle7 |
1992 |
4 |
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Oracle8 |
1997 |
5 |
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Oracle8i |
1998 |
1 |
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Oracle9i |
2001 |
3 |
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Oracle10g |
2004 |
3 |
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avg. years |
3.2 |
Based on a trend graph, Oracle 11g
(or whatever it's new name may be) is due about April 2007, but it
most likely coincide with Oracle OpenWorld 2007, held in the fall of
2007 (usually in San Francisco):

Mark Rittman notes this prediction
eloquently in his popular
data
warehouse/BI blog:
"surely the first bits of
news starting to emerge in late 2006 about the next, 11g release
of the Oracle Database. "
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