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I get this question every once in a while: why is Eclipse so big? Typically, the person asking the question is thinking about the SDK. Why is the Eclipse SDK ( version 3.2RC4) 121MB? It’s a good question. The name “Eclipse SDK” provides a hint: it is the Software Development...

I’ve finally made it to JavaOne. It’s my first time here and I have to admit that I’m a little overwhelmed. It’s a huge conference. Today, the title of my blog is not an insane attempt to attract more traffic… I was working the Eclipse Foundation booth earlier today and...

There have been a number of Eclipse related announcements this year at JavaOne. I thought it might be useful to do a summary; so in no particular order: Borland lays out their JBuilder roadmap. Sybase announces next version of their Workspace product. Nokia announces new mobility initiatives based on Eclipse...

It was a fun day yesterday at JavaOne. We ran out of Eclipse shirts around lunch time. Jackie Yao from the World Savings Bank took away the last shirt. Unfortunately we only had XXL and Jackie was an obvious small. I hope she has a big friend. The party at...

I’m planning to be at JavaOne this week, just not all week. I spent a lot of time last week visiting folks in Europe and any plans of spending the following week in San Francisco would likely result in divorce papers being served. It’s just better this way for everybody...

The second announcement we are making at JavaOne ( here is the first) is the launch of Eclipse Plugin Central (EPIC). Many of you already know EPIC; in fact it has been in existence since 2004. The new news is that the EPIC Alliance (Innoopract, Instantiations and Genuitec) has contributed...

I was interviewed twice yesterday while in Paris. One was with Olivier Rafal, a well-known French IT Journalist, and the other was a video interview by Didier Gerard who posts his interviews on TV4IT. The second one worries me a little primarily because it’s yet another opportunity to hear my...

Next week at JavaOne, we are doing a press releases announcing the new top-level Eclipse Modeling project. (A preview of the release can be found here) I really believe the Eclipse modeling projects are understated; in particular the EMF project which is consistently one of the most popular downloads and...

The winners of the JAX Innovation Awards were announced this week at the JAX and Eclipse Forum Europe conference. Of course it is great to see 3 out of the 5 winners were Eclipse based platforms. The bioeclipse platform looks really interesting and I think it reflects a trend for...

I learned an important lesson yesterday. Last night, I took a walk down Rue St. Denis in Paris and had a reasonably nice dinner at one of the many sandwich stands that litter the street. As I munched on my food, it occurred to me that I only had about...