Diversity in Open Source Projects Wayne Beaton 14 March 2012 I’ve been talking a lot about diversity lately. There are, of course, different kinds of diversity; but when I talk...
Eclipse Project Updates for Feb 24/2012 Wayne Beaton 24 February 2012 There are three reviews wrapping up on February 29/2012. First up, is the Orion project with their 0.4 Release Review...
Children of Juno Wayne Beaton 23 February 2012 I loaded the PHP Development Tools into my fresh installation of Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers Juno M5 this...
Vendor Neutrality in an Open Project Wayne Beaton 30 January 2012 Imagine that you want to contribute to an open source project. You visit the project to browse the information provided...
Top Ten Ways to Say Eclipse Wayne Beaton 24 January 2012 Every couple of days, I get an email from somebody looking for a price quote for Eclipse. Generally, the sender...
Open Source Rules of Engagement Wayne Beaton 13 January 2012 The Eclipse Development Process (EDP) defines–in its section on principles–three open source rules of engagement: Openness, Transparency, and Meritocracy: Open...
Active Projects Wayne Beaton 11 January 2012 I ran a query against Dash to get some sense for project activity over the past couple of years. The...
Best Birthday Cake Ever Wayne Beaton 17 November 2011 Kudos to organizer Andrew Overholt for pulling off a great Eclipse Demo Camp in Toronto–hosted in Red Hat‘s beautiful (and...
Becoming a Committer Wayne Beaton 19 October 2011 Every time I post a new project proposal, I receive a handful of emails from people in the community asking...
The Great Git Migration Wayne Beaton 15 September 2011 You may have noticed that Git is a pretty big deal at Eclipse. We’ve come a long way since the...