Re: Is Oracle Forms worth sticking with anymore

From: Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 21:22:34 GMT
Message-ID: <uaQG9.109$Xl5.3084535_at_newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>

Gerard H. Pille wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>

>> rolospy wrote:
>>
>>> Are Oracle trying to get people onto JDeveloper rather than Oracle Forms
>>> nowadays.
>>>
>>> Is there a roadmap for Forms anymore.  There must be thousands of 
>>> companies
>>> with applications written using Forms yet I get the impression that 
>>> it's old
>>> hat and Java is what Oracle is pushing now.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Apart from all the good advice on Java and monitoring Apps
>> (eBusiness Suite), Forms is gonna be around for several years
>> to come. Only, the CLient Server model is dropped; the latest
>> release already supports Web forms only.
>> Oracle has not beem very clear on the policy regarding Forms
>> and/or Java - they have apologised for that.
>> (to me - talk to Oracle Netherlands!)
>>
>> Grtz, Frank
>>

>
> If you want C/S with forms9i, just make it:
>
> make -f ins_forms.mk f90runm
>
> but it is not supported
>
> A pity though, with what the customer pays, Oracle should easily be able
> to keep supporting C/S. All the functionality should still be there
> (the make proves it). Most applications run in-house, don't they? You'd
> better have a performant network with this web-architecture and the
> "light" clients.
But "thin" clients don't need to run on Windows ... and we all know how Larry Ellison (#2) feels about Bill Gates (#1) ... #2 probably wishes #1 was a sailor so #2 could beat the shorts off #1 in a yacht race. :) Received on Mon Dec 02 2002 - 22:22:34 CET