Oracle 9i WEB-forms, with or without Headstart?

We have some applications that are created with Designer 2.1.2 and Headstart 2.1.2 and we are about to migrate these to Oracle9i Web Forms and here are my questions:
1) What are the advantages/disadvantages if we continue to use Headstart?
2) What do we need to get Headstart working together with Oracle 9i Web Forms?
3) Where do we order new software/license for "Headstart for 9i"?
4) Are there any way we can get support on Headstart except the forum on OTN?
5) Briefly explained, if we remove Headstart and replace it with own-developed code, what would our main tasks/problems be?
6) Are there any functionality we cannot have if we remove Headstart from our applications?

1) What are the advantages/disadvantages if we continue to use Headstart?
The advantages would be more or less the same as for Headstart 2.1.2, except for the fact that you can make use of new features, and it runs on the web too! A 'disadvantage' would be that only web forms is supported out of the box (not client/server) and you need to set up an application server. Of course you need to migrate, which sometimes can be a difficult task. However, this depends on things like customizations on top of Headstart, typical client/server features that have been used and that cannot be migrated to web forms etc. A lot of this has been documented in the Headstart Migration Guide.
2) What do we need to get Headstart working together with Oracle 9i Web Forms?
We build Headstart against Designer 9i (+ Developer 9i that comes with it). At this point we still are working on Headstart for Designer 9i.
3) Where do we order new software/license for "Headstart for 9i"?
Contact your Oracle Consulting Manager, or call Oracle and ask for Mike Kruijsdijk.
4) Are there any way we can get support on Headstart except the forum on OTN?
You can hire consultancy from us or one of our partners.
5) Briefly explained, if we remove Headstart and replace it with own-developed code, what would our main tasks/problems be?
To mention some of them:
- It probably would take man-years to build a template package with the same functionality
- Headstart code at some points deals with Forms bugs, which you now have to deal with yourself
- You have no support any more (upgrades) and need to do upgrades for new versions of Designer yourself. I've seen more than one customer that are years behind with upgrading to new versions of Designer, because of this.
And many more. You really should investigate this thouroughly before you start on this. It would not surprise me if you come to the conclusion you might as well rebuild your applications completely.
6) Are there any functionality we cannot have if we remove Headstart from our applications?
You can have anything you like, as long as you build it yourself. But for practical reasons I suppose you will not have RuleFrame for example.
As long as you don't start building new applications with it, the code practically is yours, so you might consider to do the upgrade of Headstart yourself. Of course support will be more difficult, but you still can hire consultancy.
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