Our sources at Oracle Corp last week revealed some details of version 2 of the company’s anticipated Co-Operative Development Environment, which will be launched at the company’s user conference. The structure of CDE 2.0 has not changed, with component products organised into three categories; data access products, tools and Computer Aided Software Environment software. There will be some new modules, including the rumoured Project X low end graphical user development package, which will appear at the end of the year to compete directly with Microsoft Corp’s Visual Basic and Informix Software Inc’s New Era. There will also be the Oracle Process Modeller, a Business Process Re-engineering tool; the Oracle Translation Manager, that translates applications into other geographical languages; the Oracle Procedure Builder, which will enable users to debug client; server tools developed using Oracle’s PLSQL development language; and the Oracle Client Adaptor, which delivers an interface directly into Microsoft’s Open Database Connectivity standard. Other enhancements include OLE 2.0 support under Windows and an NT version currently in development. There will also be links into third party products such as Lotus Development Corp Notes. The additions are to appear in stages over eight to 10 months.
