What about future of Oracle Forms Developer?

I heard, in future entire Oracle Apps will be in Java and Jdeveloper tools without Oracle Forms. In that case Oracle Forms will not stand as a stand alone tool for development. Now a day even small companies also prefer ERP solution. So what will be the future who is fully working on Oracle Forms and Reports?

Thnaks... But still I couldn't see anyone saying
Forms is forever. In future it will be supported by
Oracle but not recomended by Oracle is it?Then again ... J2EE is not 'forever' either.
The moment anyone comes along with and interestng tool set and enough money to do some serious marketing, you will find a lot of people who will jump to it, simply because it resolves some of their problems. (But not all!)
I started working with Oracle Forms 2.3 and have heard an almost annual 'Forms is dead' since 1993. Fourteen years later, those who claim 'Forms is dead' are still looking for replacements of their favorite substitutes of Forms (such as PowerBuilder)
My recomnmendation around Forms - as with all technology - is simple: if it (Forms, J2EE, whatever) works for your purposes, use it. Your app will need revising inside 5 years, and you can re-evaluate the technoloy at that time.

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I'm just curious how long Oracle are committed to supporting or creating new versions of Oracle Forms Developer / Developer Suite. I've heard, from one or two sources, that the intention is to abandon forms, and move the focus completely to Jdeveloper some time soon...
Is this true? does anyone know anything different?

Here we are again whith that question...
I'm a senior forms developer (and to make a little humour i've just recently learned designer...)
I think the confusion comes also from "J2EE Application Development for Forms and Designer Developers" which can make us thinking oracle is pushing up to J2EE and prepare us for the Dead of Forms RIP ...
And also that forms developer like me are a little bit afraid because they probably have no skills in J2EE.
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I tried some demos in the past with such tools and it makes me laugh, converting a simple master detail forms dept/emp.
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but we, forms developers, we must not only focus on forms and its death, but also go ahead and invest so much time we did to learn forms in learning J2EE, BPEL and etc etc.
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Can any one help me with study material to pass 1Z0-140 Oracle Forms Developer: New Features tests? Please email me @ [email protected]
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