Object Database - Timeline

Timeline

• 1985 – Term Object Database first introduced
• 1988
  • Versant Corporation started (as Object Sciences Corp)
  • Objectivity, Inc. founded
• Early 1990s
  • Gemstone (Smalltalk)-(C++)-(Java)
  • GBase (LISP)
  • VBase (O2- ONTOS – INFORMIX)
  • Objectivity/DB launched
• Mid 1990’s
  • Versant Object Database
  • ObjectStore
  • ODABA
  • Poet
  • Jade
  • Matisse
• 2000’s
  • ZODB
  • Caché
  • db4o project started by Carl Rosenberger
  • ObjectDB
• 2001
  • IBM acquires Informix (Illustra) integrates with DB2
  • db4o shipped to first pilot customer
• 2003 - odbpp public release
• 2004 - db4o's commercial launch as db4objects, Inc.
• 2008 - db4o acquired by Versant Corporation
• 2011
  • Wakanda public Developer Preview & Beta verions
  • Gemstone acquired by VMware (at that time property of Springsource)
• 2012
  • VelocityDB for the .NET platform.
  • AUGUST Gemstone Smalltalk 64 v3.1.0.1 released for Linux, Solaris, AIX, Mac.