Even though I am a civilian working for the military, my excuse remains "I vas shust volloink orders"
Seriously, exept for 'quick' stand alone apps, all of our databases will be Oracle, and our intefaces will be Oracle forms web forms (once the rest of the software gets here). All of our development is to be done 3 tier thinnet, and for reasons beyond my control, Oracle was choosen, despite in house skills in Visual studio and all it's tools.