早前在4月份，收到oracle的订阅邮件，标题为Coming Soon: Fully Managed ODP.NET Beta，说将发布纯托管代码的ODP.NET（Oracle Data Provider），并介绍了部分功能，英文就直接贴了：
Oracle will release an 100% managed ODP.NET version on OTN soon. Develop with the same ODP.NET APIs you always have, but also take advantage of the fully managed provider's benefits, which include:
- A single ODP.NET assembly to deploy
- An assembly compatible with 32-bit, 64-bit, and AnyCPU compilation
- Significantly smaller ODP.NET assembly size
- Simpler side-by-side assembly deployment process
- And more
昨日又收到邮件《Want to Join the Fully Managed ODP.NET Beta Program?》，在发布之前可以有一部分人得到预览的版本，看来oracle对.net平台还是非常重视的，只是动作比较慢，部分原文如下：
The fully managed ODP.NET beta will be initially available to a small number of users before becoming widely available to the general public. If you would like to join this private beta program, which starts soon, email the ODP.NET product manager