Re: about forms 9i

If you include code maintenance cost, client / Server may not be such bad. Also, new web style programming always lead to poor design as too much choices and inconsistent design/coding style of developers.

"Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:3E8DC2F8.1583FC8D_at_telusplanet.net...
> > And we must migrate to 9i?
>
> Only if you want support.
>
> > Isn´t there other possibility??
>
> There are competitive possibilities, but afaik none from Oracle itself.
>
> > As I said, there are many people that need client/server. I think there
> > is an error by Oracle not to mantain the two possibilities.
>
> I get the feeling Oracle is trying to drag customers into the future,
> whether we want to come or not.
>
> Never the less, I find that most arguments to retain client/server come
> from a developers mindset and not from an 'operations and maintenance
cost'
> mindset. In my personal evaluations, I've have consistently found c/s to
> be much more expensive over a 3-5 year maintenance window, and thus I
> personally agree with them.
>
> I do understand your position - in the short term it can be traumatic and
> initially expensive to switch. However, Oracle did give us several years
> and several versions to change. Many of us simply did not want to listen.
>
>
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Received on Fri Apr 11 2003 - 09:24:59 CEST