Raptor: Toad Competition here I come!
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/project_raptor/index.html
Oracle just made the public release of Raptor, its new graphical interface to its database.
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Project Raptor is a new, free graphical tool that enhances productivity and simplifies database development tasks. With Project Raptor, you can browse database objects, run SQL statements and SQL scripts, and edit and debug PL/SQL statements. You can also run any number of provided reports, as well as create and save your own
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Here are some of the questions that come up in my mind...
Why it took so many years for Oracle to come up with this tool? And when it did why now?
Why is it free? What happens to the competiting products?
There was one good thing that happened to all the ISVs(Toad , etc) that develops and sells graphical interface to Oracle database. I am sure most of them are doing good selling these GUI tools. With the entry of a free tool there is a slight punch to these ISVs, its not that this is the first free GUI tool (since there are freeware and Open source already available) but since this is from Oracle it makes a lot of difference.
With the threat from Open source database like MySql, Oracle recently released an Xpress Edition of Oracle 10g and now introducing Raptor as a freeware, Oracle intends to stop the migration to other Open Source databases. Now there is more incentive for any ISV or micro-ISV to consider Oracle as the development platform.
With regards to competition (ISVs who make living selling GUI for Oracle database), I think the market has become more healthy and still there is lot more room to innovate and keep an edge.
Looks like many of Raptor's interface and components are borrowed from JDeveloper (which is a mature product in itself).
(PS: InfoCaptor is developed completely using JDeveloper)
http://www.InfoCaptor.com <--- Create Drills, Dashboards, Monitors
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Well, the problem that Oracle has is that while their database is much more robust than MySQL and SQL Server, their administration tools are abysmal. SQL Server (imo) has always had better gui-based tools, and even MySQL's gui is getting quite good.
So while they don't want to irritate their ISV's, they simply had to. Toad has tons of features, but the gui was designed by a sociopath The default install has 60 icons docked under the menu... 60!! who the heck can keep that straight?
Raptor might be rough around the edges, but unless I'm doing hardcore admin tasks I'll definitely fire it up before toad.
--Jim
ps: And who thought that the eyeglasses-looking -at-electrical-socket icon could give anyone a *clue* that it launched the Session Browser. Ugh.
Sorry
Raptor is too slow, to rough round the edges.
And has no easy way of switching schemas.
I prefer TOAD any time. Byt good initiaive from Oracle to all the "home" users
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