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Originally posted on January 13, 2012 The Eclipse Foundation Development Process (EDP) defines–in its section on principles–three open source rules of engagement: Openness, Transparency, and Meritocracy: Open – Eclipse is open to all; Eclipse provides the same opportunity to all. Everyone participates with the same rules; there are no rules...

While virtual events have become the norm these days, taking part in a large-scale, multi-day virtual event, such as EclipseCon 2020, will be a new experience for many of us. To help you enjoy the best possible EclipseCon experience, we’ve compiled some tips and suggestions to consider as you plan...

I had the pleasure of talking with Edwin Derks about Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, and engaging in the community. Check out the entire chat below. The Jakarta EE Community Chats is a series of short informal interviews in Studio Jakarta EE with members of the Jakarta EE community. Please contact me...

Welcome to the forty-first issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The Jakarta EE 9 status pie for this week shows that we still have twelve ratified specifications. This is as expected since no ballots were scheduled to conclude this week. Of the nine ongoing ballots, four will close this week. There...

Edge computing has become one of the most transformative technologies in the world. Rapid advancements in AI, IoT, and 5G solutions are being enabled through edge computing architectures. As a recognized leader in open source technologies, the Eclipse Foundation has made edge computing an important focus area through our Eclipse...

As you’re planning your EclipseCon 2020 experience, be sure to reserve time to attend the Community Day events on Monday, October 19 from 14:00 to 18:00 CET. Community Day sessions and round tables are organized by Eclipse Foundation community groups and are a great way to learn more about the...

About Us September was a big month for the ECD Tools WG, but before we jump into these exciting community updates, here is a brief reminder about what we do. The Eclipse Cloud Development Tools Working Group (ECD Tools WG) is a vendor-neutral open source collaboration that focuses on defining...

The Eclipse IDE is the project that started it all for the Eclipse Foundation. From the beginning, Eclipse IDE was meant to run on multiple platforms; it now supports Linux, Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. Since it is written in Java, it also supports multiple processor architectures. However, support for...

Welcome to the fortieth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week’s Jakarta EE 9 Specification Status shows some progress! We now have twelve specifications approved and four ballots that started last week. There are thirteen that are close to being ready for ballots and only six that need a little...

Today is exactly one year since I started as the Jakarta EE Developer Advocate at the Eclipse Foundation. It started out as expected, with a lot of speaking engagement at developer conferences around the World as well as an increased online presence and activity in the community. Then Covid-19 hit...