Oracle Forms has been powering critical systems for decades. In many organizations, it still does the job. It’s stable, reliable, and deeply embedded in business processes.
But let’s be honest: Forms isn’t evolving. It’s in maintenance mode. And now that the longtime Oracle Forms Product Manager has left Oracle, the future feels even more uncertain.
Teams still running Forms are facing real challenges:
- Retiring expertise and shrinking developer pools
- Pressure to move to the cloud
- UI and UX expectations that Forms can’t meet
- The need to modernize without rewriting decades of business logic
Some organizations are extending Forms with APEX.
Some are rebuilding parts of their system.
So
me are waiting because the risk feels too high to move.
But the bigger question remains:
If Oracle Forms is frozen, what should teams realistically do next?
I’m curious how the developer community is approaching this.
Are you extending, rebuilding, migrating, or holding steady?
What do you think the future of Oracle Forms actually looks like?
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