Jinitiator
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Jinitiator is a JVM made and distributed by Oracle Corporation. It allows a web enabled Oracle Forms client application to be run inside a web browser. This JVM is called only when a web-based Oracle application is accessed. This behaviour is implemented by plugin or an activex control, depending on the browser.
The first two numbers of the version roughly follow the Sun Java numbering convention. It means that for instance Jinitiator 1.3.1.25 is based upon JDK 1.3 or later.
The main reason for Oracle to develop JInitiator was to support Oracle Forms on the web in earlier releases due to bugs in earlier releases of the JDK. In the latest release of Forms, version 10.1.2.0.2, Oracle is working closely with Sun to phase out JInitiator, and now officially supports 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 of the Sun JDK. For details, see the latest Client Platform Statement of Direction.
Oracle has announced, that the upcoming release of Forms, version 11, should support JDK 1.6, which will most likely eliminate the need for JInitiator completely.
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