Re: Ditch Oracle Reports9i for another reporting tool?

Paul Henning wrote:

> I have a small business, and I am currently writing a software product
> with a view to selling it (via licensing) to potential customers. I am
> building the product using Java front end (Swing) + Java business
> layer.The backend database is Oracle (but I will bring out a second
> release that will run on any database).
>
> I have not built any reports as yet...and I want to look at what
> reporting tools there are. Oracle Reports9i looks good in that it is
> RAD...but it seems that you have to buy the Oracle9iAS license
> ($47k???). Since my product will only sell at around $80K (if I am
> lucky)...then more than half of my revenue goes to Oracle...just for
> the reporting tool!
>
> ANYONE KNOW OF OTHER REPORTING TOOLS THAT ARE MORE FINANCIALLY VIABLE
> FOR SMALL BUSINESSES????
>
> Kind regards.

Not in any way defending the entry pricing of 9iAS which I find preposterous. But your figure of $47K ... where did it come from? The figure for a perpetual license at http://store.oracle.com is $10K.

Daniel Morgan Received on Sun Mar 09 2003 - 19:22:43 CET