Re: 9iAS light version for forms/reports services only
Date: 19 Feb 2003 05:52:06 -0800
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Zafer <zafer_at_redshift.com> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.02.17.21.22.10.42539.18035_at_redshift.com>...
> Hi,
>
> ...
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> Oracle did market reports as a stand alone product in the past and now
> they are marketing JDeveloper as a stand alone product. Why we should
> pay 5000 dollars for the entire iDS package if all we want to use is the
> forms and/or reports part of it? Why we need to purchase a full 9iAS EE
> license (CPU or named user) just to be able to deploy our forms and/or
> reports application? ...
>
> ...
Why? That is rather obvious, isn't it? Who else would pay for all the flashy buzz stuff that Oracle developed besides forms and reports? While it is hard to find a replacement for forms and reports, for the rest there are (free?) alternatives.
Geert Received on Wed Feb 19 2003 - 14:52:06 CET