Re: Oracle buying GUPTA SQLWindows?
Date: 28 Jul 94 13:26:28 +1000
Message-ID: <1994Jul28.132628.1_at_cbr.hhcs.gov.au>
In article <199407271345.IAA15124_at_news.cs.utexas.edu>, dawson_at_vx8250.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil (Rick Dawson) writes:
> The lastest issue of InfoWorld stated that Oracle might buy Gupta, the makers of
> SQLWindows.
I heard from one of my sources that the next release of SQL*Forms (4.5?) designer actually looks and works a lot like Gupta's product. I wonder if InfoWorld got their wires crossed when they heard how SQL*Forms was going to change.
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> 1: What do you think the effects would be on Oracle?
New technology to integrate into front end products ... will take a while.
> 2: What do you think the effects would be on Gupta?
If it's a two way share in technology then you may see Gupta become the supplier of all Oracle's front-end tools and they might be available for access to many other DBs.
> 3: Would it change your development plans?
No.
> I haven't the foggiest idea what would happen. I am new to the Oracle world and
> I bought SQLWindows to be the front end product. I intentionally bought the two
> products from different companies for the insane idea that it might give me some
> measure of database independence. Now Oracle and SQLWindows might be better
> integrated. However, as it gets more tightly integrated with Oracle, would it
> loose some of its flexibility in attaching to other vendor's databases? I don't
> know. What are your opinions?
SQL*Windows' biggest plus is that it WILL talk to almost anything. I think that would remain but the Oracle interface might be tweaked to give better compatibility though.
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