Blog Posts

Instantiations is making their software available free-of-charge for individuals developing open source software. According to the website, the software can only be used on open source projects; other uses would require that a license be purchased. Instantiations has been part of the Eclipse eco-system from the beginning. I’ve been using...

Naci Dai, Web Tools PMC Member, J2EE Standard Tools ( JST) Project lead, and SOA Tools Platform ( STP) committer, spoke with me about the Web Tools project at EclipseCon 2007. Among other topics, Naci—pictured right with Oisin Hurley of the STP project at EclipseCon 2007—discusses the current state of...

I spoke recently with Alex Blewitt, OSGi Expert and Editor-in-Chief of EclipseZone, and Neil Barlett, OSGi Enthusiast, about OSGi. Neil has recently authored a series of articles on the topic. In this podcast, Neil and Alex talk about how OSGi is being used today and its potential for the future...

I’m up to #3 in the “ Ten Reasons to Use Eclipse” posted in the Eclipse 2.0 timeframe by Renaud Waldura. If you’re curious, part one is here, and part two is here. #3 – Eclipse Has Momentum Although Eclipse is an open-source platform, it isn’t the only one. A...

Not all of the Eclipse and OSGi news is happening at EclipseCon. IBM and Cisco just announced at Voicecon a client platform for unified communication and collaboration. Great to see Cisco getting behind Eclipse and OSGi.

Last night we announced the winners of the Eclipse Community Awards. Congratulations to Chris, Ed, Kimberly, Tom and Daniel for winning the individual awards. I am thrilled to see QNX Momentics, TIBCO Business Studio, PSICAT, eclipse-cs Checkstyle and JP Morgan win in the technology award categories. There were lots of...

Yesterday, I started blogging about a old blog entry I found titled “Ten Reasons to Use Eclipse”. Our fantastically gifted webmaster, Denis, found the original post which helped us to discover that the poster’s name is Renaud Waldura. Today, I’d like to talk briefly about reason #2. To quote: #2...

Today, while walking through the halls of EclipseCon, I ran into Ed Klimas. I’ve known Ed for years. His former company, Linea Engineering, and my former company, The Object People, did a lot of work together in the 90s, but it’s been years since we’ve seen each other. Ed’s yet...

I came across this blog posting a few days ago. The date on the posting is recent, but the content makes me believe that it’s a repost of something considerably older. If you look carefully at the text and images, it’s pretty clear that the author is talking about Eclipse...