Re: Forms 6i vs 9i

Nico wrote:

>If you have a stable working environmen and don't have any immediate
>needs for features in 9i then stick with your current !
>
>The forced upgrade from 6i to 9i is the most f*$$**^$ing thing
>Oracle has ever done !
>
>At least I'm gonna wait as long as possible !! It brings me no
>additional improvement (on the contrairy, I lose some feautures) and
>only costs a lot of money.
>
>regards
>Nico
>
>On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:10:44 +0200, Ketil Holden <ketil_at_softhome.net>
>wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi.
>>
>>We're considering upgrading from 8i & 6i to 9i.
>>
>>What in your opinion or experinence are the most significant
>>improvements?
>>
>>-New killer features?
>>-Upgrade problems with the forms themselves (this is a
>>web-form-app-whatever)
>>- Is the new Forms Builder more or less stable, any new great features
>>here?
>>
>>NB! I've read the new features document.
>>
>>
It brings me no joy to admit that I agree. Oracle's biggest single marketing mistake, at least from where I sit as a developer and educator, is the move from 6i to 9i. If Microsoft had worked out the plan and
smuggled it into Oracle it couldn't have been much different. Lets see ... how about we abandon the
client server marketplace, require an expensive piece of software that is nearly impossible for mortals to
install and is loaded with bugs, and then we will take away functionality that lots of people use. That should sell the product.

Add to that the fact that the development environments for Reports and Graphics have never bee 1/10 of
what they could be and should be and you have ... well I won't reuse your words but my feelings have been
more than adequately expressed.

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