Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news03.bloor.is!news1.bloor.is.POSTED!12dc6cf53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Paul Quenneville" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.tools References: <75XX7.10780$e4.3249466@news0.telusplanet.net> Subject: Re: Discoverer Lines: 51 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 04:00:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.156.176.149 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rogers.com X-Trace: news1.bloor.is 1009857611 24.156.176.149 (Mon, 31 Dec 2001 23:00:11 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 23:00:11 EST Xref: easynews comp.databases.oracle.tools:47422 X-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 01:48:15 MST (news.easynews.com) Play with it, figure it out. Install it, de-install it. Learn. Opinions. Sure. Sucks. Poor executive tool. Honestly Jason, its your opinion that counts to your company. "Jason Onyskiw" wrote in message news:75XX7.10780$e4.3249466@news0.telusplanet.net... > I have been asked to prepare a proposal on discoverer. I think the Gods > must hate me, since I know nothing about Discoverer. I am the junior > Analyst, with just over one year of Oracle experience. I have to figure out > what our startup and ongoing cost would be if we descided to go ahead of > with it. We are an organization with ~150 users, only about 20 users would > be using Discoverer. It should also be mentioned, that we are already > licensed for discoverer, so there is no cost for the program. But I need to > figure out the other costs. > > > > How much training does the administrator require, inorder to support > Discoverer? > > > > Do the end users require formal training? > > > > How long does Discoverer take to setup, does it require it's own box, or can > it be run of the same box as the database. > > > > If anyone has any opinions on Discoverer, they would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Jason > >