Certification Matrix shows 10gR2 "projected" on Mac Intel

Question

On the Oracle Certification Matrix (http://www.oracle.com/technology/support/metalink/index.html)
- Product "Database/Server"
-- Database Product " Ent. Edition"
--- Platform "Apple Mac Intel"
you get now two records:
- the first about 11gR1 (see my previous post, it still has certification "STBA")
- the second about 10gR2
Certify - Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Version 10gR2 On Apple MAC Intel
Operating System: Apple MAC Intel Version -
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Version 10gR2
N/A Version N/A
Status: Projected
Product Version Note:
None available for this product.
Certification Note:
2H CY2008
So it seems that somehow during 2008 ...
What does it means exactly "2H CY2008"?
Other platforms show acronims like "Q4CY2007", which is Quarter 4 Year 2007, I suppose.

Answer 1

It's now mid-2010 and still waiting ...
We use Pearson PowerSchool in our school district and just got this notice from them:
We’ve been anticipating an update from Oracle, which would allow us to deploy Oracle 11g on the Mac. The Windows version from Oracle has been available for nearly 2 years; however, there is still no published delivery date from Oracle for a Mac version.
Complicating matters, the current version of Oracle for the Mac is not compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard, which has been shipping since August 2009. New customers, and existing customers who want to upgrade their hardware, would find new Apple servers are incompatible with the current Oracle database. Oracle has not provided a date by which the current version of the Oracle Mac Database (10gR2) will be certified on Mac OS X 10.6.
Oracle’s diminishing commitment to the Apple platform has left Pearson with limited options for customers using Mac servers. We do not have a commitment from Oracle for future versions of the database supporting the Mac, and current versions of the Oracle database are incompatible with new hardware running Mac OS X 10.6.
Therefore, all Mac customers should make plans to replace their Mac database servers with a Windows-based database server (physical or virtual). Pearson will discontinue support for the Mac database server effective December 31, 2010.*
Should Oracle issue a version of 11g with Mac compatibility, we will evaluate support options for this platform again.
This is extremely bad news for us as we are a Macintosh district and don't have the resources to support Windows servers. Why is Oracle not supporting Mac OS X? Is there anyone we can complain to or is it just a hopeless cause?