1 million times yes to this. Think Power Builder, etc. Our company has purchased software with a Power Builder front end (mid nineties interface) to an Oracle

1 million times yes to this. Think Power Builder, etc. Our company has purchased software with a Power Builder front end (mid nineties interface) to an Oracle backend for roughly a million up front and $100,000/yr in licensing. We've subsequently built a web front end to this app in house. Sometimes there is no good substitute for clunky software.