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When or why should I use an object database? ''db4o, an open source object database system with broad industry applicability, belongs to a popular database management systems that has close to 2 million downloads to date. Here we'll illustrate the features and application areas of such a database and compare db4o against relational DBMS/object ...

[This is a lightly edited version of a note I sent to Pieter on 11/7/2006. We decided to put our email exchange up on this web site] Hi Pieter, We took a quick look at your benchmark, and I think that there is some serious problem with your Hibernate code. Are you executing a query for each of the 1000 items you are returning? Also, are ...

db4o 55x Faster than Hibernate in OO7 Benchmark Native Object Persistence Solution Eliminates Object-relational Mismatch with Higher Performance in 19 of 20 Test Cases SAN MATEO, Calif., Sep. 28, 2006 - db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, today announced that another ...

New implementation of 1993 standard benchmark shows significant performance benefits from using object databases rather than object-relational mappers   SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sep. 26, 2006 - ODBMS.ORG, a vendor-independent, non-profit group of high-profile software experts lead by Prof. Roberto Zicari, announce that a ...