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Every now and then, somebody asks a question about whether or not the Eclipse IDE supports Java 5. If you look at the 3.1.2 release notes, you’ll see that version 3.1.2 has been tested on Java 1.4.2 on variety of platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac OS, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX) as well...

With Bug# 125649, Chris has suggested that somebody out there should setup an “Eclipse Store” selling Eclipse-branded merchandise. I think he’s suggesting that the Eclipse Foundation should probably do something along these lines; I thought that there might be something in the rules that would prevent us from setting up...

I hope that everybody out there is planning to attend Waterfall2006!

I finally have a moment — and the picture thanks to John — to mention this truly comic moment in Beijing. As John Kellerman and I were doing our lightning tour of the Forbidden City, this class of girls came up and asked to get their picture taken with us...

Dana Gardner recently did a post on ‘ NetBeans maybe a hedge for ISVs…’. His post was based on a briefing he had with the NetBean’s folk. In the past, I have enjoyed a lot of Dana’s analysis but this post needs a bit of discussion. I think the general...

Alan Zeichick, editor-in-chief of SD Times and BZ Media, did us the honour of visiting us in frigid Ottawa. Alan and the gang at BZ Media are preparing the launch of the Eclipse Review magazine. The first edition is set for EclispeCon. Alan was kind enough to share with us...

I’ve been noticing an interesting trend in the worldwide ecosystem growth of Eclipse. No longer content with just focusing on software and developer tools, the Eclipse community has begun to branch out into new areas. Among them: UK-based courier services and Canary Island real estate. As evidence, take a look...

I’m gearing up fo the Eclipse in Motion seminar series. I’m running the afternoon technical session with assistance from some very experienced Eclipse developers. The format of the technical session will be very loose. I’m not planning to deliver very much slideware, but rather will be soliciting input from the...

I recently got this question from a developer building Eclipse plug-ins: What should I do about classes with discouraged access? For example IAntUIConstants is “internal”. To start with, if you haven’t encountered this yourself already, here’s what it looks like in the Java editor when a class in your plug-in...

Daniel Steingberg from onJava is looking for some cool open source Java projects to put in proposals at OSCON. Seems like the Harmony and Eclipse proposals are a tad boring; at least to Ruby and Perl folks. Hmmm, those sound like fighting words :-). Seriously, I think there is a...