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Next week is the deadline to nominate an individual, project or product for an Eclipse Community Award. We have a lot of great nominees already but I know there are many other individuals, projects and products that deserve to be recognized. You can check out the current list of nominees...

When you run a project at Eclipse, you are very likely interested in getting some indicators regarding the health of your community. And as Randall Munroe suggests, maybe these indicators will be a good way for you to extrapolate on when your project will actually rule the world Download stats...

Open source governance is an important issue that is sometimes overlooked or misunderstood by new open source projects. This week there has been a fascinating discussion on the future of the vert.x project that illustrates the need and options for governing an open source project. Unlike some discussions on this...

The second annual ALM Connect conference is set for March 25-28 in Boston, co-located with EclipseCon. Building on the success of last years event, the program committee led by Dave West from Tasktop, has put together a great line-up of speakers and sessions. ALM Connect explores the rapidly changing landscape...

Two years ago we started to allow advertising on eclipse.org. The goal was to help the commercial ecosystem be more successful, by communicating with the millions of developers who use Eclipse. In the end, this has also turned into a nice supplement to our existing membership revenue. In 2012, advertising...

Each year we recognize some of the leading individuals, projects and products in the Eclipse community with the Eclipse Community Awards. A lot of people spend a lot of time and effort supporting the Eclipse community so the Awards are a great opportunity to recognize these contributions. I know from...

The ALM Connect and EclipseCon schedule and sessions have been announced. As you would expect, the content looks excellent and we are set for another great conference. It takes a lot of time to put together the program, so I would like to thank the PC chairs John Arthorne (EclipseCon)...

The ALM Connect and EclipseCon Call for Papers deadline is less than 2 weeks away. We have some great submissions already but we want to see a lot more. The official call for papers provides all the detail but there are some areas where I’d like to see even more...

The topic of good governance for open source projects is something I think is really important for the long-term success of any open source project. In an effort to describe some of the best practices, I have written a guest blog post for the Open Source Delivers blog. For a...

Google is a great supporter of Eclipse and open source in general. Therefore, I am always thrilled to have the opportunity to organize a new Eclipse Day at the Googleplex. This will be the fifth year we have organized the event and each year it proves to be a great...