Thabang Mashologu's blog

What is the value of the code contributed by the Eclipse community? Inspired by a 2015 Linux Foundation study of the value of open source collaboration, we estimate that the roughly 162 million total physical source lines of code in Eclipse repositories represent an $8.7 billion USD shared technology investment...

The Eclipse Foundation is joining forces with IBM and other leading organizations in the Call for Code initiative to promote the development of open source solutions to mitigate the effects of natural disasters. The Foundation is proud to support tackling one of the world’s greatest challenges through the creation of...

Back in April, our Executive Director Mike Milinkovich blogged about a new logo and redesigned website for the Eclipse Foundation. Our new branding is meant to reflect the Foundation’s role beyond the Eclipse IDE. We are proud of our heritage and successfully launched the Eclipse Photon release recently to a...

The Eclipse Photon release is here and available for download! Join over 4 million active users of the Eclipse IDE and take your coding to the next level with Eclipse Photon. The thirteenth annual simultaneous release of Eclipse projects is a huge accomplishment made possible by the tireless efforts of...

I recently read a great post about the often misunderstood, yet important role of marketing in open source community advocacy. To paraphrase the author, open source marketers succeed when they deliver relevant content to developers and commercial decision makers, enable communication, and highlight the achievements of community members. That thinking...

As you may be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect across the European Union on Friday, May 25. GDPR sets out to provide individuals with more control over their personal data. At the Eclipse Foundation, we take your online privacy and the protection of your personal data...