Re: Lack Of Quality In Oracle Developer

[Quoted] [Quoted] I just wonder if there is successful story of Oracle Developer6/2K

kleinbw_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> I emailed the following letter to Oracle Technet
> as well as posted it on the Developer 6 Discussion
> Forum.

> Let me know what everyone thinks.
> ---------------------------------------
> I would like to take this time to talk about
> Oracle Developer. I am using version 6 (with
> patches) and I
> unfortunately have nothing but bad things to say
> about this product.

> I have used other development tools, and I have
> never seen so many
> unexceptable bugs and features (that exist from
> poor design) like I
> have seen while using this product. Reports that
> print with undesired
> and sporadic results. Built-Ins that do not work
> as intended.
> Deployment that is unreliable. GUI design that is
> poor and non-standard
> (using the Microsoft Window standards -- which are
> industry-acceptable standards). Form and canvas
> navigation that is
> unreliable.
> Most software vendors would not let a product of
> this quality out of the
> alpha stage, and what is truly disappointing is
> that Oracle, who is
> the developer of a fabulous database, would risk
> tarnishing their
> image by releasing what my colleagues and I refer
> to as "crap".

> What makes this product even more of a tragedy is
> the fact that is
> probably the most expensive development product on
> the market today.
> Being an Information Technology professional, many
> companies value
> my opinions and toolset recommendations. Oracle
> Developer would be
> on the top of my "DON'T BUY" list.

> For the company's sake, I truly hope that this
> e-mail does NOT
> merely end up in the area that many individuals
> refer to as
> the "circular file".

> Thank you for your time.

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

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