Differences between versions of oracle

[narendra_jntu]

what are the differences between 9i , 10 g , 11i . for what purpose these will be used. Somebody told me 11i is developer suite and 10g is database. i don't know what is this oracle developer suite.plz somebody tell me clear difference between these.

[debasisdas]

Oracle 9i is a database ,here i stands for INTERNET.

Oracle 10g is also a database ,here g stands for GRID.

Oracle 11i is not a database,its ERP.

The next version of database is 11g which is expected to be released soon for windows.

The new version 11.1.0.6.0 is available only for Linux.