Re: Ditch Oracle Reports9i for another reporting tool?

Look into Crystal Enterprise from www.crystaldecisions.com

paulhenning_at_tesco.net (Paul Henning) wrote:

>I have a small business, and I am currently writing a software product
>with a view to selling it (via licensing) to potential customers. I am
>building the product using Java front end (Swing) + Java business
>layer.The backend database is Oracle (but I will bring out a second
>release that will run on any database).
>
>I have not built any reports as yet...and I want to look at what
>reporting tools there are. Oracle Reports9i looks good in that it is
>RAD...but it seems that you have to buy the Oracle9iAS license
>($47k???). Since my product will only sell at around $80K (if I am
>lucky)...then more than half of my revenue goes to Oracle...just for
>the reporting tool!
>
>ANYONE KNOW OF OTHER REPORTING TOOLS THAT ARE MORE FINANCIALLY VIABLE
>FOR SMALL BUSINESSES????
>
>Kind regards.
Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 15:42:12 CET