December 14, 2001. THOUGHT, Inc.® (www.thoughtinc.com), architects of CocoBase® Enterprise O/R, Dynamic Mapping for the Enterprise, today announced their support of Apache Ant. ANT scripts, written in XML, allow the developer to standardize "build files" across servers or platforms, adding an additional level of flexibility, ease of management and build integration with IDE's and other tools.

CocoBase® Enterprise O/R, for both J2EE and J2SE, is the only O/R solution capable of mapping, generating and deploying to any popular J2EE/J2SE platform while simplifying data application development by as much as 85%. The addition of ANT script integration with CocoBase® further reduces the cost of building and deploying on a variety of platforms.

THOUGHT Inc. ® in its commitment to standards, is implementing this new feature while giving the developer further cost savings for maximizing code reuse and manageability across a distributed environment.

"CocoBase® is the only O/R tool that supports all JAVA compatible platforms and servers. It is essential that we support a cross platform build facility like ANT for our Enterprise Customer," Ward Mullins, CTO, Thought Inc.®

CocoBase® Enterprise O/R provides the developers J2SE/J2EE Object to Relational mapping that supports Java, EJB 1.1, 1.2 and 2.0. The generated Java, CMP, BMP, JSP, Servlets or Session Beans combined with CocoBase's® unique Dynamic O/R Mapping Layer insures that the developers can quickly and easily create high performance applications that need database access, with minimal maintenance.


About THOUGHT Inc. ®

THOUGHT Inc.®, architects of CocoBase® Enterprise O/R, Dynamic Mapping for the Enterprise was formed itself in 1993, and subsequently revolutionized object to relational mapping technology with landmark solutions and industry leadership. THOUGHT Inc.®'s expertise has resulted in wide spread recognition for its innovation. The company supports customers around the world from their offices in Paris, France; Florianopolis, Brazil; as well as San Francisco, CA. CocoBase® and THOUGHT Inc.® are registered trademarks of THOUGHT Inc.®. CocoBase® technology is based on US patent #5857197. More information on THOUGHT Inc.® can be obtained online at www.thoughtinc.com or by calling (415) 836-9199.