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We are ready for Round 2 of feedback on an updated Eclipse Logo. We have narrowed the options to four different concepts. As a reminder, the purpose of this exercise is to see if we can find ways to modernize and update the existing Eclipse logo. We are not looking...

The EclipseCon e4-Rover Mars Challenge is coming together very nicely. It is turning out to be an impressive use of Eclipse technology, including e4, Equinox and Equinox in the Cloud. I had the chance to interview Jeff Norris from NASA and Boris Bokowski an e4 and Platform committer. I asked...

It is always nice to come across examples of people thinking about future IDEs. I came across CodeBubbles and this video. Looks pretty cool and it is built on Eclipse. I wonder if they use e4?

In case you missed the news, Oracle is now in control of the Java community. The next 6 months are going to be fascinating to watch Oracle put their stamp on the JCP, OpenJDK, Java 7, Glassfish, Jigsaw, JavaME, dynamic languages and much more. I have a lot of confidence...

There is some awkward wording in the current version of the Eclipse Development Process with regard to project leadership. I’d like to try and clean that up. Here’s what I’m thinking: 4.6 Leaders There are two different types of project leadership at Eclipse: The Project Management Committee (PMC) and Project...

Round 1 of the voting for a modernized Eclipse Logo is now finished. We had an incredible 2128 people vote; a great response! Thank you. Unfortunately, Houston we have a bit of a problem. The two leading design concepts (Logo 1 and Logo 2) really don’t fit the original goal...

I worry that the language we use is so overloaded that it’s easy to get confused. I’ve been working with one group who is “graduating” some code and committers out of their Incubator Project. Naturally, they feel that they need to do a Graduation Review. Except that Graduation Reviews are...

Open source has come a long way over the last number of years. Apache Software Foundation celebrated their 10th anniversary. Lots of open source companies have figured out how to make money off open source software. Large companies have also figured out how to leverage open source software. The question...

It started as a bit of a weekend distraction, but turned into something a little more. I’ve always thought that the Eclipse Projects Gateway page isn’t quite living up to its potential. It seems to me that our user and adopter community should be able to use this page to...

In January we started a process to determine if we should update the existing Eclipse logo. As I have said before, the existing logo is great but it was created 8-9 years ago and maybe deserves an update or modernization. The response to a call for new concepts has been...