So according to the website, Eclipse was elected as a representative on the Java Community Process SE/EE Executive Committee. Even better, it looks like we did quite well in the voting. There is certainly no shame in getting beaten by Google I’m looking forward to participating on the EC. Like...
David Berlind was the first person to point out in his article that Android may be the start of a power stuggle for Java. Stefano has also an interesting perspective on Google’s plans to get around Sun’s IP restrictions for Java ME. Now that the Android SDK is out, it...
Morning cup of Tim Horton’s coffee: $1.05Tuna sandwich for lunch: $4.50Listening to Donald giggle like a school girl when describing the Android SDK using Eclipse: priceless One of the interesting phenomena about working at the Eclipse Foundation is the intelligence and strategy attributed to us. Take for example David Berlind...
The Android SDK is out. The quote I enjoy most is: The recommended way to develop an Android application is to use Eclipse with the Android plugin. This plugin provides editing, building, and debugging functionality integrated right into the IDE. However, the SDK includes tools to enable you to develop...
Thanks to our organizers we have over 20 Eclipse DemoCamps in different cities around the world. The first is set to happen tomorrow, November 13 in Chicago and things really get going next week. Next week there will be DemoCamps on November 21 in Beijing, Istanbul, Munich, Ottawa, and Poznan...
Eclipse World has wrapped up for another year. Thanks to BZ Media for putting on another excellent show. I look forward to the 2008 edition. The Eclipse MLP Tour made a stop at Eclipse World. The main focus of the tour was in the exhibit hall. Here is MLP Java...
Fedora 8 was launched earlier this week. The released introduced the concept of spins, which is a customize image of Fedora for a specific user profile. One of the spins is a developer spin, that includes among other things, a pretty complete stack of Eclipse Europa tools, including CDT, JDT...
Eclipse World officially starts today; yesterday were the tutorials. It seems like a good crowd and I am looking forward to attending some of the sessions. If you are at Eclipse World, don’t forget to attend the Eclipse Foundation party tonight at 8pm. It is also nice to see some...
The blogshere is all a twitter about Google’s recent Android announcement. Google certainly knows how to get people talking; first start the rumours about the gPhone, then announce something different – Android, but leave the details sufficiently vague so speculation starts about the real meaning. Nov. 12 is when the...