Re: Oracle Forms vs Visual Studio .Net

"John Smith" <someone_at_microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<bu8h2a$76i$1_at_mawar.singnet.com.sg>...
> I need to make decision on which development tool to use: Oracle Forms or
> Visual Studio .Net. I am new to Oracle and hope those who have gone the
> decision path could advise the pros and cons. We have Oracle 8 database in a
> AIX unix box (plan to upgrade to 9i in future), MS SQL Server and MS IIS. We
> do not run any Java web server or have any java programs. Mostly VB and ASP
> stuff.
>
> If I use Oracle Forms for form-based app and web-based app, then I would
> need the resource and skill to run Oracle AS right?
>
> Will there be any issues or problems I might faced if we standadised on .NET
> and Visual Studio as platform and development tool and Oracle as the
> database? Are there any company doing this?
>
> Thanks
> regards

Forms is a wonderful environment for development, but with some limitations depending upon how your system is architected. .NET sounds like all-MS, and where I'm sitting all-MS is possibly short-sighted. Everyone is different but about 11% of the clients in my world are non-MS or non-IE clients. We use Forms and JSP. JSP mostly for wider-network apps where an "unconnected" app comes in handy. There are a ton of issues that come to play in a decision like this.

Good luck
Greg Received on Wed Jan 21 2004 - 14:29:15 CET