Oracle为何把最新发布的P6软件版本定义为 15.1

各位已经注意到Oracle把最新发布的P6软件版本定义为15.1，这是为什么呢？ 请看Oracle是如何解释的：

We decided to move several of our products to the same version for a few specific reasons:

1. We will continue to release several products on the same release cycle – P6, Unifier, Gateway, Analytics, Prime

2. These 5 products will be tightly integrated with each release. To help customers better understand which versions work together, they all have the same version number. Ex: P6 8.4 integrated with what version of Unifier? 10.1 is the answer but this is confusing to customers. If someone is using P6 15.1 and wants to integrate with Unifier, they can easily understand that they should use 15.1 of Unifier.

3. Another important reason is for technology. All of the above releases are being tested and certified on the same technology. Same web servers, browsers, languages, etc. This makes it simpler for customers who are using multiple products.

What do the versions indicate? 15 represents the year of the release. .1 or .2 represents the first or second release within that calendar year. There won’t be 15.0 or 16.0, it will always be 15.1 for first release in 2015 and 15.2 for 2nd release within 2015. Again, this was to simplify and help our customers understand that there are 2 releases per year – spring and fall.

Important note: Moving from 8.x to 15.x does NOT indicate major architectural changes. This is not like moving from 7.x to 8.x. Think of it as upgrading from 8.3 to 8.4 or now 8.4 to 8.5. Customers should not avoid the upgrade because they think it will be a major issue.

Regarding major architecture changes, when we do that, it will be in the first release of the year. 16.1, 17.1. This is only IF we make changes. Those changes would be in the .1 release but we may not make major changes each .1 release – only when necessary.

可以看到，下半年会有P6 15.2版本，明年会发布16版本。