Blog Posts

In this Eclipse Developer’s Journal article titled “Ship Happens! Insights From the Eclipse SWT Community”, Joe Winchester interviews SWT developers and a host of others—including SWT committers and contributors—about SWT. It’s an interesting read that gives insight into the design goals of SWT and addresses some persistent myths. You can...

When people register for EclipseCon we ask some ‘optional’ questions to better understand who is attending EclipseCon. Last year I shared the results via my blog, so I thought it might be interesting to do the same this year. About 1000 people took the time to answer the questions, so...

It’s about time that I continued that series I started discussing a rather old blog entry extolling the virtues of Eclipse 2.0 titled “ Ten Reasons to Use Eclipse“. I’m up to reason #4 (If you need to catch up, see reasons 1, 2, 3). #4 – Eclipse is Easy...

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...