Forms Builder 6i and 9i

Currently, we have many existing applications that were written using Forms Builder 6i as client/server apps. I need to install Developer9i (Forms) so that I can do a proof of concept that we can do new application development using 9i while being able to maintain our existing applications. So my question is, can I safely install Developer9i Suite on a machine that already has Developer6i Forms & Reports and successfully build applications using both sets of tools?
I know in the past, there have been some problems with several of the Forms registry entries being shared by different versions. Does Developer9i use the same registry entries as well?
Thanks.

Installing everything is the simplest way to go since it will get everything configured for you. It doesn't mean that you have to use everything though.
You can even remove the infrastructur DB if you don't need it and stop services that you don't need to run.
You can install on the same machine as your DB but in a separate oracle_home. It's just a question of the cpu power of your machine and will it handle the load.

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