Mathew Aslett from 451 Group and Tim Bowden are making the case that selecting an open source license influences the commercial success of an open source proejct. From Tim’s blog: ‘When it comes to takeovers and valuations, I think the role of GPL as a strategic weapon is often under...
I’ve done this so many times… Today I downloaded the Ganymede M5 release of Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers and did what I always do: Create a link of the eclipse executable, using the handy icon.xpm graphic, and drag the combination onto my desktop for easy launching; and Open the eclipse.ini...
Building server-based applications with Equinox is getting easier. The Equinox project’s server team has created a short tutorial that describes how to get a servlet up and running using a handful of bundles on the Equinox framework. The best part is that everything you need to run the tutorial is...
At Eclipse, we have a healthy collection of open source projects that span the entire software lifecycle, including modeling, test, development and even process methodologies. The one area where no one seemed interested in starting an open source project was requirements management. I was never sure why not but this...
I’ve spent a few hours over the last few days reworking parts of my Eclipse Organizer example that I intend to contribute to the Eclipse Examples Project. Mostly, I’ve been working on introducing OSGi Services into the mix. Frankly, I’m totally in love with services. Yes—if I could—I’d marry them...
Last night I was looking at the registration data for EclipseCon. Eclipse is a great global community, so I was really pleased to see individuals coming to EclipseCon from 37 different countries, including: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Crotia, Czeck Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India...
The EclipseCon 2008 Birds of a Feather schedule is now available for your viewing pleasure. There is still space available if you want to schedule a BoF of your own. We’re still taking them on a first-come, first-served basis so don’t wait any longer than you need to. Be advised...
For those that like to live on the bleeding edge, the Ganymede M5 packages are now available for download. We would appreciate people downloading these and providing feedback. Two notable new and noteworthy items: Two new packages are now available, a package for ‘Software Architects and Modeling’ and a package...
EclipseCon is just 3 weeks away, so it is time to organize the annual EclipseCon Blogger Party. In previous years, we have had the party on Sunday evening in Hyatt lobby bar. So if you are a blogger and are interested in attending, send me an e-mail or better yet...
Nice to see Sprint’s next generation platform embracing Eclipse and OSGi. From the Titan web site: Titan is a next generation Java platform for Sprint Windows Mobile devices. In addition to supporting existing MIDP Java ME applications, it includes the more capable CDC/Foundation Java Virtual Machine and OSGi framework. This...