Something we would like to accomplish during the Europa release is to make it easier for our user community to download Eclipse. The existing download model requires you to start with the SDK and then start adding projects and features. However, for the millions of Eclipse users the SDK is...
Microsoft is hosting the TechEd conference this week. One of the announcements to come out is a new version of Visual Studio, called Visual Studio Shell. Reading some of the coverage, it sounds a lot like Eclipse. In fact, Peter Varholl of Remond Magazine points out that imitation is the...
Stephan Janssen, of Javapolis fame, has started a very cool new web site called Parleys.com. We have been working with Stephan to host some of the EclipseCon 2007 sessions recordings on Parleys. The first one is now available! Go check out Dieter Krachtus’s presentation Eclipse on Swing. I hope over...
I made the mistake of signing up on LinkedIn a couple of years back because it seemed like an interesting idea with some potential. I was wrong. This site has no value for me whatsoever, and I’ve asked that they close my account. In about 2.5 years the only times...
I am putting together some stats for the launch of Europa. One thing that always impresses me is the distributed nature of the Eclipse community and specifically the global nature of the Eclipse committer community. For instance, the Europa release includes participation from committers in 19 countries, including Australia, Austria...
Thanks to Roger Dudler we now have a spiffy new Europa graphic. Right now the graphic is linked to our Europa page that features a countdown to June 29, the day of the Europa release. If you would like to help promote the Europa release, we have a ‘ Friends...
June is Europa month. Denis is getting the IT infrastructure ready and I need to get started on the press plans. I am interested in the communities opinion on what is cool in the Europa release. Is there a new project or new feature that you think will be a...
It seems that I’ve been reading a lot of “ Ubuntu Experience” blog entries lately. I decided that, with the arrival of my new laptop, I’d do the same. I recently acquired a brand spanking new Dell Latitude D820 laptop. It’s quite nice and is seriously loaded. The installation of...
Sunday, May 20th marked my third anniversary as the Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. My how time flies. My first inkling that this was going to be a very different job was when the phone rang at home a few days before the announcement went out. Answered by one...