Object Database "db4ob", How easy is Database with Java

Object Databases a word is comming up step by step and it seems it's getting great acceptance in the Software field of course due to extreme flexibility and easy of doing database . Hiberanate introduce this nice idea of storing object and it was greatly successful and now we read that EJB3 took some features of Hibernate to enable extrafeatures taken from Hibernate, and that's better because EJB3 is a standard. Hibernate, EJB3 all are nice but i am introducing to you today a great step in the Database world, All object-oriented software developers are familiar with the difficulty transitioning from object-oriented thinking to relational persistence. So far, they have been forced to choose between speed and object-orientation: Native SQL access is fast, but laborious, requiring a great deal of additional code. Object-relational mappers offer a convenient bridge, but they seriously degrade performance. db4o eliminates the OO-versus-performance tradeoff: it allows you to store even the most complex object structures with ease, while achieving highest level of performance. Database benchmarks show db4o to be up to 44x faster than Hibernate and MySQL, a popular object-relational mapper and relational SQL database stack another thing nice to be said db4ob is for .Net users also. [http://www.egjug.org/files/benchmark_barcelona_updated.gif] The major reason for using relational databases today is legacy, i.e. retaining old enterprise data and the set of existing applications relying on it. But beyond the server-centric persistence, there are a multitude of device, mobile, and desktop applications for which conventional database technology falls short. Here db4o's technology ensures new levels of performance, functionality, and cost effectiveness. Some one will stop me who proof to me that this is a good product and will live i will u give the answer now. db4o has now passed the 250,000 downloads mark. It has been successfully deployed in transportation, networks, natural sciences, industrial, consumer, and enterprise applications and in a myriad of other industries. Users and customers of db4o currently come from 168 different countries, from Albania to Zimbabwe, and range from world class leaders like BMW, Boeing, Bosch, Hertz, and IBM to a wide range of highly innovative start-up companies. __OPEN SOURCE PARTNERS__ These open source products and projects complement or substitute db4o, depending on your needs. Read more about them and our partnership in the Community Partners section. * Novell's Mono - .NET Development Environment * Eclipse - Development Platform * S.O.D.A. - Simple Object Database Access * db4o boo Object Browser for .NET * JS-dbObjects - Lightweight Object Model Layer * MySQL * Hibernate * Prevayler * Scott Ambler - Agile Database Techniques __COMMERCIAL PARTNERS__ With a growing network of commercial partners, db4objects can help you to build applications and deliver turn-key solutions. Read more about them and our partnership in the Commercial Partners section. * INDRA Sistemas, Spain * Mascon Global, India/USA * Novell, USA * Cyber Quality Control, Argentina * TMT, Japan * Korson Consulting, USA __References:__ http://www.db4o.com/ %%% http://www.db4o.com/community/ %%% http://www.db4o.com/about/productinformation/ %%% Technology is Going fast donna miss it, keep in touch you will find alot of technology stuff. Note: I greatly appreciate any Comments, Suggestions and Questions.