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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 Myth Busters 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 allow you to customize the replacement of COM components and controls during a migration.
Custom Language Replacement describes how we allow you to customize the replacement of VB6 language elements 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.

Design of a FORTRAN to C Translator describes the design of gmFortran, a Fortran-to-C compiler/translator. Many of the principles used in the implementation of gmFortran are also applied in gmBasic, the translation engine that powers gmStudio.
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.