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Articles and Whitepapers

Migration Methodology Papers and Videos

The following papers describe how the tool-assisted methodology works in theory and practice:

• A Business Case for Migration presents the bottom line business case for migration.
   
• GM Methodology Overview provides an overview of our methodology and its benefits.
   
• Translation Mythbusters discusses the problems commonly associated with automated software translation and how Great Migrations products and our tool-assisted rewrite methodology address these challenges.
   
• Comparing Migration Methodologies Article introduces the concepts of a software migration project and compares a "manual rewrite" approach to a "high-yield-tool-assisted migration" approach.
   
• Code Restructuring describes how we deal with changes in runtime components and architecture during a migration.
   
• BMW Financial Services VB6-to-C# Migration Case Study gives the history of how BMWFS developed and applied a strategy for tool-assisted migration.
   
• Code Quality describes how we measure and achieve code quality in our migrations.
   
• VIDEO: Channel 9 Interview with Founder describes our product, our methodology, and our history.
   
• VIDEO: Introduction to gmStudio screencast demonstrates gmStudio in the context of a small multi-VBP migration.
   
• VIDEO: ASP and VB6 Site Migration screencast demonstrates gmStudio in the context of a multi-VBP and ASP web site migration.
   

Translation Technology Papers

The following papers describe our technology:

• Design of a FORTRAN to C Translator describes the design of gmFortran, a Fortran-to-C compiler/translator.
   
• gmBasic Product Overview describes gmBasic, our VB6/ASP/COM to .NET translation tool.
   
• Introduction to gmBasic Technology walks the reader through two sample VB6 and ASP migrations using gmBasic.
   
• gmBasic Technical FAQ answers some of the common questions about gmBasic.