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<h1>Product Philosophy</h1><p>db4o database is sponsored and supported by db4objects, a
privately-held company based in San Mateo, California. db4ojects was
incorporated in 2004 under CEO <a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/company/management/christofwittig.aspx">Christof
Wittig</a>, with the financial backing of top-tier Silicon Valley investors
including <a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/company/management/markleslie.aspx">Mark
Leslie</a>, founding CEO of Veritas; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinod_Khosla" target="blank">Vinod Khosla</a>,
founding CEO of Sun Microsystems; and <a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/company/management/jerryfiddler.aspx">Jerry
Fiddler</a>, founding CEO of Wind River. </p>
<p>It is db4objects' mission to give developers a choice when it comes
to object persistence and thus make their life a lot easier. db4o is designed
to be a universal, affordable product platform, that is easy to learn and easy to
implement.
db4object's open source dual-license business model combines the power of the
open source development community with servicing commercial customers' needs
for product roadmap predictability, indemnification, single point of contact,
and full tech support with fast response times.</p>
<p>db4objects has users and customers coming from 170 different
countries, from Albania to Zimbabwe, and ranging from world class leaders like <a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/customers/industries/transportation.aspx#boeing">Boeing</a>,
<a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/customers/industries/industrial.aspx#bosch">Bosch</a>,
<a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/news/release/2006_11_14.aspx#intel">Intel</a>,
<a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/customers/platforms/devices.aspx#ricoh">Ricoh</a>,
and <a href="http://www.db4o.com/about/customers/platforms/devices.aspx#seagate">Seagate</a>
to a wide range of highly innovative start-up companies.</p><p><div class="childTopicList">More Reading:<ul>
<li><p><a href="product_philosophy/data_persistence.html" class="wikiLink">Data Persistence</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="product_philosophy/oodbms.html" class="wikiLink">OODBMS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="product_philosophy/db4o_position.html" class="wikiLink">Db4o Position</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="product_philosophy/why_choose_db4o.html" class="wikiLink">Why Choose Db4o</a></p></li>
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