Re: Jdeveloper isn't FREE?!

there are a bunch of free java IDE's. Jdevelopers only real edge(that I can see) and its a big one is that it will write your jdbc code and connect to the database. The drag and drop is not that great and needs another generation.

I have not used it that extensively though. Just playing around with it and reading the book. It seems to do a pretty good job with the JDBC code and the wizards are easy to use. In the past it was notorious for writing bad code that would have to be changed if you did anything that was more than the pure basics. Dont know about this version. So few people are using it in production, I have yet to see a fair evaluation of the tool written up anywhere.

I think netbeans is free. netbeans.org

"Dave" <shoad316_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:78cf0572.0303070721.4f595d16_at_posting.google.com...
> Hey all,
>
> I've been playing around with Jdeveloper for over a year now and
> every link I have ever seen said something to the affect of, "download
> Oracle 9i jdeveloper for FREE". I mentioned it to a co-worker and he
> said it cost 995$ per seat! WTF!?
>
> I took a look through technet and I couldn't find the reference
> anywhere but then he sent me an email he received from Oracle saying :
>
> "Think that getting all this functionality in a single tool must come
> at a higher price? Think again. At just $995 per developer, Oracle9i
> JDeveloper costs far less than competitive J2EE Web services
> development tools and offers much more. Don't wait. Download your FREE
> evaluation copy of Oracle9i JDeveloper today!"
>
> I was going to use this software to develope a project me and a few
> friends are working on.... We probably won't go commercial with it
> but its a possibility.... I guess I can't use jdeveloper now...
>
> Is forte still free???
>
> L8r
Received on Sat Mar 08 2003 - 00:49:33 CET