Oracle forms vs apex

hi all ,
i want to know the difference between the both , because i've read before that the two of them are for developing enterprise applications, so what is the difference ? is apex for developing applications just for small enterprises ? or what ?
thanks in advance

This question was asked at least hundreds of times, it might be a good idea to use the forum search (or google for that matter) to see what comes up. The whole topic is somewhat huge and can't be broken down in a few sentences. So you have to read and make up your mind yourself.
For example look what google brought up when feeding it with the search terms oracle forms apex (I agree these are very strange search terms to use when searching for information on oracle forms and apex, as search phrases like wrzlbrmpf are more likely to return anything):
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/application-express/apex-for-forms-098747.html
cheers

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