Re: Lack Of Quality In Oracle Developer

I believe $8000 per license...

In article <7sve7f$bs9$1_at_adenine.netfront.net>,   Norris <johnnie_at_cooper.com.hk> wrote:
> Is it expensive to buy a designer2K ?
>
> Owais Anjum <owais_anjum_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> > Guys, I think you have not used Designer 2000.
> > If that were the case, you would not have written such harsh
comments
> > about Developer...and I say that beacuse designer 2000 surpasses
> > developer by a long way, both in quantity and diversity of
tormenting
> > and torturous bugs..
>
> > I am currently using both these products and my monitor screen might
> > very soon achive ultimate entropy!
>
> > In article <7sus3l$39p$1_at_adenine.netfront.net>,
> > Norris <johnnie_at_cooper.com.hk> wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> --
> >> - Have several nice days...
> >> - Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of the
Corp.
> >> http://www.ntfaq.com
> >> http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/programming/winsock/
> >>
>
> > --
> > Owais Anjum
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Kaps Computing, Pakistan
>
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> --
> - Have several nice days...
> - Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of the Corp.
> http://www.ntfaq.com
> http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/programming/winsock/
>

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Before you buy. Received on Thu Sep 30 1999 - 16:19:24 CEST