Re: Power Objects - Is there a market?

>mtaylor_at_postoffice.ptd.net (Michael Taylor) wrote:  

>>My opinion FWIW is that cross-platform apps are less and less an issue
>>as the market evolves. Solely in the Windows arena, ALL Oracle online
>>products are at least a year behind in features/stability to the industry
>>leaders. Check out Delphi/Powerbuilder/VB etc.

Bwah hah hah hah! Ignoring for just a moment Oracle's incredible CASE offerings on MS Windows (you did say 'all' products, did you not?) I can't believe you actually think that, say, Oracle Forms 4.5 is 'at least a year behind in features/stability' compared to, say, PowerBuilder.

(I can't imagine comparing Forms to VB or Delphi -- one's a development environment, and the others are semi-OO languages. Let's stick with Forms and PB.)

The Forms apps I've worked with in 4.5 are generally the equal of PB for stability. This is one of those where YMMV -- all it takes is one problem with either tool and soon you're convinced the whole package is a dog -- but across several sites, I call this a wash.

UNLESS... you use CASE-generated code. In which case the CASE generated app is generally 3x more stable. Since you can generate either product from CASE, again it's a wash. Generally, now, generally.

But features? Someone tell me about the hidden PB features that put it in front of Oracle Forms. Seriously.

Either Portland isn't getting the same trade journals the rest of the world gets, or I'm somehow not up to speed on the latest PB coolness -- I would have handed the prize for the feature race to Forms.

Your input welcome...

 -Tom

(ps: you really think VB is better than OPO? And you've used both?)

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Thomas B. Cox   tcox_at_netcom.com
Author of _Oracle Workgroup Server Handbook_, ISBN 0-07-881186-4