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    Eclipse is Easy To Extend

    Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 14:37 by Wayne Beaton
    It’s about time that I continued that series I started discussing a rather old blog entry extolling the virtues of Eclipse 2.0 titled “ Ten Reasons to Use Eclipse “. I’m up to reason #4 (If you need to catch up, see reasons 1 , 2 , 3 ). #4...

    Instantiations Software Free for Open Source Development

    Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 10:05 by Wayne Beaton
    Instantiations is making their software available free-of-charge for individuals developing open source software. According to the website , the software can only be used on open source projects; other uses would require that a license be purchased. Instantiations has been part of the Eclipse eco-system from the beginning. I’ve been...

    Eclipse Has Momentum

    Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 17:44 by Wayne Beaton
    I’m up to #3 in the “ Ten Reasons to Use Eclipse ” posted in the Eclipse 2.0 timeframe by Renaud Waldura. If you’re curious, part one is here , and part two is here . #3 – Eclipse Has Momentum Although Eclipse is an open-source platform, it isn’t the...

    Award Winners

    Tuesday, March 6, 2007 - 09:58 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Last night we announced the winners of the Eclipse Community Awards. Congratulations to Chris, Ed, Kimberly, Tom and Daniel for winning the individual awards. I am thrilled to see QNX Momentics , TIBCO Business Studio , PSICAT , eclipse-cs Checkstyle and JP Morgan win in the technology award categories. There...

    Eclipse is a Platform

    Monday, March 5, 2007 - 19:31 by Wayne Beaton
    Yesterday , I started blogging about a old blog entry I found titled “Ten Reasons to Use Eclipse”. Our fantastically gifted webmaster, Denis , found the original post which helped us to discover that the poster’s name is Renaud Waldura. Today, I’d like to talk briefly about reason #2. To...

    Hello, Ed

    Monday, March 5, 2007 - 18:15 by Wayne Beaton
    Today, while walking through the halls of EclipseCon, I ran into Ed Klimas. I’ve known Ed for years. His former company, Linea Engineering, and my former company, The Object People , did a lot of work together in the 90s, but it’s been years since we’ve seen each other. Ed’s...