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In the last number of years there has been a boom in the creation of new computer languages. Some might wonder why we need so many new languages but one thing I have found is that software developers can be very passionate about software languages. Another gratifying trend is the...

In early November we announced a new industry working group to focus on the emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) market. This working group has been formally created, the IWG charter has been finalized and IBM, Sierra Wireless, Eurotech and Axeda are the initial members. One of the first activities is to create...

As many people know, we have moved EclipseCon to Reston, Virginia from the our usual location in Santa Clara, California. I am very excited about trying out the new location. For many returning and new attendees there are some key reason I think Reston is going to be a great...

Each year we recognize individuals, projects and products in the Eclipse community by awarding the Eclipse Community Awards at EclipseCon. I know from talking with past winners that it is a big deal for them and they appreciate the recognition. Therefore, I’d like to request everyone in the community to...

The three EclipseCon 2012 keynotes have been announced. Each of the keynotes talk about a key trend in our community and industry, so I am very excited that we were able to line-up such great speakers. 1. Open Web Platform. Alex Russell from the Google Chrome development team is going...

Last Friday the acceptance (and unfortunately the decline) letters were sent out to people who wanted to speak at EclipseCon. As you might expect there were lots of happy people but some people who were disappointed. We have close to 400 submissions for 120 speaking slots and 16 tutorials, so...

This week there were news items about browser market share, so it got me thinking about updating a blog post I did last year about the eclipse.org web stats. For this update, I am comparing the exact same 30 day period, Sept. 20-Oct. 20, 2011 with the same days in...

Last Friday, Sven Efftinge launched a new web site for the Xtend language. It is a great web site that clearly explains what is Xtend and why any developer should care. To announce the web site, Sven did a blog post and a tweet. What happened next was fun to...

Last week we hit one million successful installs of Eclipse solutions from Eclipse Marketplace Client. Unfortunately, it happened on the Friday of EclipseCon Europe so no one was able to capture a screenshot of the milestone. Luckily Nathan is pretty good with Photoshop. We launched the Eclipse Marketplace Client (MPC)...

Last week at EclipseCon Europe, John Swainson gave a keynote address that reflected on IBM’s decision to start Eclipse as an open source project and consortium. During his speech, John identified 5 key things IBM thought they needed to be successful. These success factors are still relevant today for any...