Re: What's Project X?

In article <3esda1$tj_at_hammer.msfc.nasa.gov> jonathan.pettus_at_msfc.nasa.gov (Jonathan Pettus) writes:
>From: jonathan.pettus_at_msfc.nasa.gov (Jonathan Pettus)
>Subject: Re: What's Project X?
>Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:28:17 GMT
 

>Rich,
 

>Do you think that Oracle will back off its commitment to Oracle Forms and emphasize
>this as their recommended development tool? Also, will it support multiple platforms?
>It sounds like they are positioning it to compete with VB, Powerbuilder, etc. We are
>struggling with Forms 4.0 because of, among other things, some severe resource requirements
> on the client workstation. In fact, the only Oracle client/server applications that we have in
> production utilize C++ or Visual Basic on the client. VB is no good for many of our apps because
>out of the 4000 users we have, about 20% are Macintosh. I understand that version 4.5 of Forms is an
>improvement but is not yet available.
 

>Thanks,

Hi Jonathan.

I do not think that Oracle will back off from Oracle Forms because of the large user base and because CDE2 is really a diffent type of product - though for sure they overlap as solutions for a broad set of applications.

It sounds to me like Project X is a product that you should be looking at. I cannot say much more than the fact the product is aimed at the Windows and Machintosh market and is designed to compete - as you suggested - against VB, PowerBuilder, SQLWindows, etc. I think that Oracle customers will be pleased with the product when the application requirements fits Project X's design point. I will be very interested in feedback from customers when the product does become generally available. Until then, it is difficult to comment. As Dennis has pointed out, CDE2 is available today, but if it is not suitable for your project then I believe a look at Project X is worthwhile.

Regards,,

Rich
Richard Finkelstein
Performance Computing, Inc.
312-549-8325 (Voice)
312-549-4824 (Fax) Received on Thu Jan 12 1995 - 00:06:35 CET