Open VSX 1.0.0: Celebrating a Milestone and the Community Behind It
Reaching version 1.0.0 is a special moment for any open source project. It marks more than a collection of features...
Introducing Eclipse Labs
Back in December, I discussed a number of initiatives that the Eclipse Foundation was going to be working on in...
Two Days Left to Complete the Eclipse Community Survey
This Friday, May 14 is the deadline for people to participate in the Eclipse Community Survey. If you haven’t already...
Wanted: 360 Friends of Helios
Friends of Eclipse is a successful program to allow individuals in the greater Eclipse community to contribute back to Eclipse...
Marketplace Client: Easy as 1-2-3
A new version of the Marketplace Client (MPC) is now available the the Java IDE and RCP M7 packages. The...
NetBeans and IntelliJ Now Supporting OSGi
A good sign of a healthy ecosystem is the emergence of competing solutions. Eclipse has long provided tooling support for...
Is it time for OSGi on Rails?
Matt Stine is proposing to create an OSGi on Rails. This is exactly the type of innovation and easy on...
The White House Gets Open Source
Encouraging large enterprises to participate and contribute in open source projects is the next frontier for open source communities. There...
The Importance of Community Surveys
Last week we launched the Eclipse Community Survey. This is the third time we have done a community survey and...
Organize a Helios DemoCamp
Once again we are organizing a new series of DemoCamps for the Eclipse community. During the month of June we...
Is OSGi Crossing the Chasm?
Crossing the Chasm is one of the classic technology business books that describe how new technology is adopted (or not...
Be nice
This happens with disturbing frequency… An Eclipse user is frustrated. S/he been trying to make something work for a few...
Public User Interface Review of MPC
As I have mentioned, we did a beta release of the Marketplace (MPC) client as part of the Java IDE...