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A recent poster eclipse.newcomer asked about customizing the look and feel of an Eclipse application. This is something that I’ve been meaning to try out for a long time, so I’ve started my journey down the path of customizing the look and feel of some of my sample applications. Eclipse...

I decided to take a look at the OpenJDK today. I directed my attention to the OpenJDK load instructions. There’s an omission in the instructions. They specify that the user name required to access the code is “$USER”. After several unsuccessful guesses at what this meant, I turned to the...

For those readers that might have missed the big news, Sun announced they were releasing their implementation of Java under the open source GPL license. I’ve probably spent far too much time reading the different coverage but in my books David Berlind has the best analysis and InfoQ had the...

So congratulations are clearly in order for Simon Phipps, one of my favourite sparring partners. I’m sure that when he started at Sun to open source Java he had no idea what a long and winding road it would be. I definitely applaud his perseverance. This was certainly a bold...

The topic of Eclipse SWAG (Souvenirs, Wearables, Accessories and Gifts) up every once in a while. There are a bunch of Eclipse shirts and hats out there already, but is there enough? Do you need Eclipse SWAG? What would you like to see: hats, shirts, monogramed undies? Are you willing...

The party pictures are starting to show up on Flickr. So far, IMHO Tel Aviv has the best swag. Check out the cool Eclipse 5 Tel Aviv T-Shirt. I am not sure who is the gentleman in the picture but I know Eden Klein from Zend organized the party. Eden...

The party at the “P” last night was good fun. In all the years (almost 30) that I’ve been going to the Prescott, I never knew they had a party room upstairs. We’re going to have to find an excuse to use that again. Here are a few more articles...

I’ll be honest. I’ve never had much time for certification. Personally, I am blissfully uncertified with an exception: by virtue of authoring an IBM Smalltalk certification test, am considered certified (actually, there were two tests). Well, that’s not totally true: I am also an “IBM Senior Certified I/T Specialist”. Though...

So five years ago today was when the download servers were turned on in the basement of the IBM OTI Labs on Queensview Drive in Ottawa. It’s been one heck of a ride. I don’t think that anyone could have predicted the success that Eclipse has enjoyed. Thanks go to...

The response has been great to the Eclipse parties. We are now up to 32 parties around the world. We just added parties in Delft, Netherlands and Munich, Germany. The party in Munich is going to be at the W-JAX conference, which is happening next week. They expect to have...