VB/Crystal Report vs Oracle Form/Report Developer

Hi,
Are there any comparative marketing figures for their popularity? Any advice?
Thanks & Best Regards, HuaMin Chen. In Hong Kong, China.

Those products cannot be compared with each other, it will be like comparing a bicycle with an F1 car ;-)
an advice, don't make your choice according to market value, consider environment, performance, scale of deployment and IT team knowledge, sales people most of the time make the wrong choice.
Tony

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