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    Java 7 Vote

    Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 15:39 by Mike Milinkovich
    Stephen Colebourne correctly pointed out in his blog this morning that when the Java 7 JSR is proposed to the JCP Executive Committee, that the Eclipse Foundation will vote “yes”. I think that it would be helpful to explain why that is the case. First, some history. The Eclipse Foundation...

    An Unexpected Pleasure

    Monday, October 11, 2010 - 17:26 by Mike Milinkovich
    Today’s announcement that IBM is going to join forces and work with Oracle on OpenJDK is good news for Java, and by extension for Eclipse. All of us who live within the Java ecosystem need to recognize that this fundamentally strengthens the platform, enhances the business value of Java and...

    A Good Day for Java Development

    Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 22:24 by Mike Milinkovich
    If you are a Java developer, Christmas came early this year. Today Google announced that they are making many of the key assets that they acquired from Instantiations . Specifically, GWT Designer, CodePro AnalytiX, WindowBuilder Pro and WindowTester Pro are now all available for free from Google. Many thanks to...

    Introducing a New and Improved Mylyn

    Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 12:30 by Mike Milinkovich
    We are announcing today the creation of the Application Lifecycle Tools Top-Level Project, which will retain the well-known Mylyn nickname . From the charter : “ Mylyn is an open source collaborative software development project dedicated to providing an extensible, standards-based platform to address a broad range of needs of...

    Introducing Eclipse Labs

    Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 13:42 by Mike Milinkovich
    Back in December, I discussed a number of initiatives that the Eclipse Foundation was going to be working on in 2010. The one that attracted the most feedback was “Eclipse Labs”. Well, we are very happy to announce that thanks to Google , this idea has become a reality. Better...

    EPL/GPL Commentary

    Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 09:15 by Mike Milinkovich
    A while ago, we received a request to take a look at an open letter on the compatibility of the Eclipse Public License ( EPL ) and the GNU General Public License ( GPL ). This led to a number of conversations with the Free Software Foundation ( FSF )...

    2010 Election Results

    Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 09:14 by Mike Milinkovich
    I am pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Board elections. The elected Committer Member representatives for 2010 will be: Chris Aniszczyk Boris Bokowski Ed Merks The elected Sustaining Member (e.g. Solution and Enterprise Member) representatives for 2010 will be: Hans Kamutzki Mik Kersten Adam Lieber Please join me...

    Oracle Keynote on Java Technology and Community at EclipseCon

    Monday, February 15, 2010 - 09:30 by Mike Milinkovich
    This year’s EclipseCon has a little bit of that “right time, right place” magic going for it. As a significant conference soon after the oft-delayed closing of the acquisition, it provides a good opportunity for Oracle to talk directly to developers about where they are going to take Java. There...