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    Eclipse Services and Training

    Friday, October 6, 2006 - 13:10 by Wayne Beaton
    I’ve been spending a lot of my time lately talking with organizations who are building Eclipse applications. Some are building IDEs based on Eclipse technology, others are building their end-user applications using Eclipse RCP. The main focus of these discussions is to try and figure out what sort of help...

    Plug-in == Bundle == Component

    Wednesday, October 4, 2006 - 16:15 by Wayne Beaton
    I’m not all that happy with the term “plug-in”. Wikipedia defines the term as follows: A plugin (or plug-in) is a computer program that interacts with a main application (a web browser or an email program, for example) to provide a certain, usually very specific, function. A little further down...

    VOIP from RCP

    Tuesday, October 3, 2006 - 11:34 by Wayne Beaton
    During our recent webinar on Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), one of the attendees asked this question: Is it possible to integrate Voice Over IP (VOIP)? The answer is simple: absolutely! In fact, lots of technology can be integrated with RCP. The Eclipse Communication Framework ( ECF) project is currently...