Independent Oracle

Dear GrantRonald,
I am working as a oracle developer, I have been working on Oracle since 3 years. What I have noticed is when we want to provide some additional/advanced functionality in forms, developers depending on java and other tools. How it would be if only Oracle Corporation can provide such advanced functionalities instead of depending on other languages? I had been through some statements like "You will achive this solution by Pluggable Java Component..." etc tools. Why developers need to depend on other languages to achive the desired result instead of using the same forms/reports?.
Sumanth

Oracle has chosen to run on multiple platforms, and the additional/advanced functionality that you describe is typically platform-specific. Why should Oracle invest all of its efforts into developing and maintaining multiple platform-specific versions of every little feature that is requested, when they can instead make it possible for Oracle developers to extend Forms and Reports themselves, allowing Oracle to focus on what they do best?
Oracle's extensible design allows me to have, today, features that perhaps no one else requires, and Oracle could never justify implementing. Java is a fun language to work with -- you should give it a try!
Eric Adamson
Lansing, Michigan

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