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Why does everyone run ancient Postgres versions?

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264 points davidgomes | 3 comments | 17 Oct 24 21:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.619s | source
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chasil ◴[18 Oct 24 00:32 UTC] No.41875253[source]▶
In Oracle, ALTER TABLE MOVE in 8i was a godsend, finally enabling a table reorganization without export/import.

My timid management forbade an upgrade from Oracle 7.3.4 until 2013. It was agony to remain on that museum piece for as long as we did.

I am upgrade-minded, but my management is not. I always lose.

I am retiring in two years. I will not miss their problems, not at all.

Edit: Oracle 10g was the last release that (for us) brought must-have features. Sure, upgrading to 19 or 23 would be great, but it doesn't bring anything that I really want.

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1. icedchai ◴[18 Oct 24 17:25 UTC] No.41881560[source]▶
Impressive! What platform were you running that on?
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2. chasil ◴[18 Oct 24 19:22 UTC] No.41882603[source]▶
HP-UX 10.20, which went out of support in 2002.
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3. icedchai ◴[18 Oct 24 20:26 UTC] No.41883158[source]▶
Sorry to hear! I use to work with HP-UX and it was not my favorite.