Re: Forms 6i vs 9i

In article <1065540909.762801_at_yasure>, Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:

>With respect to the 6i to 9i upgrade the major consideration should be
>features of 6i that were dropped when Oracle
>decided to abandon client server to its competitors. Other that that the
>upgrade is a snap.

Assuming you aren't already deploying using 9iAS (the application server), I don't think lost features are the only (or even major) consideration here, especially given the current economy. Forms 9i requires you to deploy apps using 9iAS. The 9iAS license alone can cost as much as (or even more than) the database, doubling your licensing and maintenance costs and significantly increasing requirements for resources, support and maintenance time for 9iAS and its sizeable infrastructure.

With 6i being desupported soon and no client-server support from Forms 9i, our shop moved on to M$'s VS.NET for application development. I really liked Forms 6i for its tight integration with the database, but we cannot afford to take the chance that 6i could stop working with an OS upgrade or something, and no patches forthcoming to fix it.

IMO, Oracle's arrogant dismissal and abandonment of the client-server market has not only shot itself in the foot, but blown off the entire limb. Received on Thu Oct 09 2003 - 22:23:44 CEST