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

"Sharpen" Increases Market Reach While Keeping a Unified Code Base SAN MATEO, Calif., May 30, 2008 - db4objects (http://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. "Sharpen is the 'secret sauce' that enables us to provide the db4o object database engine in native version for the two most popular platforms from a single code base," said Anat Gafni, vice president of engineering at db4objects. "Our decision to release this tool to developers to help them bridge the gap between Java and .NET and create truly cross-platform applications is just one more clear indication of our commitment to the Open Source community." "The emergence of LINQ is very exciting for developers and we are thrilled to leverage the capabilities of these extensio ... Read the rest of entry »