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Newsletter #42 - May 2008

db4o Opens the Coveted "Sharpen" - an Automatic Cross-Platform Translator

* "Sharpen" Translates your Java Application Sources to C#
* db4objects' dRS is the First Object Replication on Android
* db4objects is Leading a Community Effort to Promote LINQ for Java
* Paircasts - db4objects Innovative Agile Way of Documenting Code, Practices and Design Decisions
* Paircast Pick of the Month: Working with db4o sources
* JProbe - An Effective Tool to Improve db4o Performance
* Highlighted Contributions
* Events, Kudos and Articles

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db4o’s Sophisticated Cross-Platform Translation Tool Converts Java Apps to .NET

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 30, 2008 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database, has announced that its Sharpen Java to C# source code conversion tool is now available to the public as free software. db4objects has used the tool extensively to generate most of the .NET db4o engine core code and unit test suites from Java sources.
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db4o First Open Source Object-Oriented Database in the Industry to Support LINQ

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 5, 2008 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database, has announced that its db4o object database is now optimized for Microsoft’s LINQ, making it among the first object-oriented databases in the industry to support this new set of extensions to Microsoft’s .NET Framework. With the new support, developers are free to choose an object oriented optimized engine without having to change the API or compromise performance.
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Polytechnic University in Hannover Germany Rehabilitates Injured Athletes and the Disabled with db4o

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 21, 2008 – db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database, has announced that the Polytechnic University in Hannover, Germany has leveraged the db4o open source object database to create LeReSpo, a training application for the non-profit Disability Sports Association in Lower Saxony.
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db4objects User Conference 2008 ends in success

BERLIN, Germany, March 15, 2008 – The db4o User Conference 2008 held in Berlin just ended and it was a complete success! dVPs and db4o users joined us from China, Germany, Brazil, Denmark, The Netherlands, South Africa, Chile, USA, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, France and more...
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db4objects' creator Carl Rosenberger joins a panel of experts in Java pesistence solutions

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 6, 2008 – db4objects creator Carl Rosenberger joins a virtual panel of experts called by editors of InfoQ.com (Floyd Marinescu) and ODBMS.org (Roberto V. Zicari) to gather opinions on the current state of the union in persistence in the Java community.
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db4objects Makes Storing and Retrieving Objects Transparent

SAN MATEO, Calif., January 22, 2007 – db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, has announced availability of a development release of db4o version 7.1. The new version features Transparent Update, which automates the storage of objects in any Java or .NET application into a db4o database.
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db4objects Announces Second Global db4o User Conference

SAN MATEO, Calif., January 14, 2007 – db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, announced today that the second global db4o User Conference (dUC 2008) will be held in Berlin, Germany on March 12. db4o users and db4objects developers will gather to discuss the worlds favorite object database.
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db4objects Announces db4o Database as Android Ready

SAN MATEO, Calif., December 5, 2007 – db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, announces that db4o runs seamlessly on the Android platform, a software stack for mobile devices introduced recently by the Google-backed Open Handset Alliance. Although Java programmers are delighted with Android’s full object oriented platform they are frustrated by its bundling with a relational database...
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db4objects Releases 7.0 Version of Leading Open Source Object Database

SAN MATEO, Calif., November 13, 2007 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, has announced availability of a development (beta) release of version 7.0 of db4o. The new version features Transparent Activation, which makes it even easier than before to retrieve data objects of any complexity in db4o with only one line of code...
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XtremeConnect – a World's First in db4objects' New Premium Service Offering

SAN MATEO, Calif., November 13, 2007 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, has launched its new premium service offering dDN Enterprise which includes the unique new support service XtremeConnect as well as the new professional-grade developer productivity tool ObjectManager Enterprise...
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db4objects and ProSyst Join to Provide OSGi Platform with Integrated Persistence

SAN MATEO, Calif., and COLOGNE, Germany, June. 19, 2007 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database, and ProSyst (www.prosyst.com), the leading provider of client and server side OSGi service platforms today announced a strategic partnership that enables the provision of OSGi platforms with integrated persistence...
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db4objects Joins ACCESS Global Partner Program

SAN MATEO, Calif., June. 6, 2007 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database today announced that it has joined the Access Connect Ecosystem (ACE) partner program. The partnership will help the proliferation of advanced Java persistence technology to a broad set of carriers and mobile device manufacturers.....
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New Paper: Avoiding the ORM Quagmire with db4o

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 22, 2007 - db4objects (www.db4o.com), the creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, today announced that ODBMS.ORG, the Internet's most complete source on object database technology, has released an article by Ted Neward discussing solutions to the problems of Object/Relational-Mapping titled: "Avoiding the Quagmire"....
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db4objects Demos Car Navigation System with NAND Drive at JavaOne

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 8, 2007 - db4objects (www.db4o.com), the creator of the leading open source object database for the Java platform, helped solve a leading Japanese car manufacturer's hard drive problem by eliminating it...
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Anat Gafni Joins db4objects as VP of Engineering

SAN MATEO, Calif., Apr. 17, 2007 - db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database db4o, today announced that Anat Gafni has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering reporting to db4objects' CEO Christof Wittig...
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Funambol and db4objects Provide Open Source Solution To Enable Complex Data for Mobile Devices

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and SAN MATEO, Calif., March 6, 2007 -- Funambol, the mobile open source company, and db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, today announced the availability of a new open source project that makes it easy to mobilize complex data. The project, Funambol Connector for db4o...
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Nik Wekwerth Joins db4objects as Director of Marketing to Strengthen Focus on Embedded Systems Software

SAN MATEO, Calif., Mar. 1, 2007 - db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database db4o, today announced that Nik Wekwerth has joined the company as Director of Marketing reporting to db4objects' CEO Christof Wittig...
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db4objects Announces Pricing Changes for Embedded Object Database

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2007 - db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database, today announced new pricing for the company's object database and replication technologies...
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