Mark Townsend, vice president of database product management at Oracle, confirmed Tuesday that the company would not be making any announcements about 11g Release 2 during the five-day conference.

Just what will be in Release Two has been the subject of much speculation, as Oracle has been tight-lipped about the project. Some have speculated Oracle would look to improve its grid computing capabilities.

But while Townsend did not divulge any specifics about the content of 11g Release 2, he did offer a sense of the timing for it during his statements at press Q&A Tuesday morning.

In perhaps a slight slip of the tongue, he indicated Release 2 is slated for release sometime next year. As he described adoption of the current version of 11g, he said the following: “We’ve seen good uptake in the install base over the last year … and then as we bring Release 2 out sometime next year, we’ll see additional [growth] for that,” he said. 

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