| <?php require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/eclipse.org-common/system/app.class.php"); require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/eclipse.org-common/system/nav.class.php"); require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/eclipse.org-common/system/menu.class.php"); $App = new App(); $Nav = new Nav(); $Menu = new Menu(); include($App->getProjectCommon()); # All on the same line to unclutter the user's desktop' |
| # Begin: page-specific settings. Change these. |
| $pageTitle = "Equinox FAQ"; |
| $pageKeywords = "equinox, osgi, framework, runtime, faq"; |
| $pageAuthor = "Equinox committers"; |
| $html = <<<EOHTML |
| |
| <div id="midcolumn"> |
| <h1><?= $pageTitle ?></h1> |
| <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%" > |
| <tr> |
| <td align=RIGHT valign=TOP><img src="/equinox/images/arrow.png" border="0"></td> |
| <td > |
| <b>I thought Equinox was a Technology project?</b><br> |
| It was. And a successful one at that. Its main output, an implementation |
| of the OSGi framework specification, has become so popular and interesting |
| that we decided to move Equinox to be an Eclipse project and have it |
| host an OSGi community at Eclipse.org. For details on the transition, |
| why, when, how, ... see the <a href="documents/transition.html">transition proposal</a>. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align=RIGHT valign=TOP><img src="/equinox/images/arrow.png" border="0"></td> |
| <td > |
| <b>I thought Equinox was a <a href="http://1-human-hair-wigs.com/wigs3/product_info.php/cPath/21/products_id/169?osCsid=92ea26528d218179f95d81bd732d46bf">wig</a>. |
| What's up with that?</b><br> |
| While quite a number of the Equinox committers are folliclly-challenged, |
| we agreed from the outset that wigs were not the correct design choice. |
| The naming here is purely coincidence. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align=RIGHT valign=TOP><img src="/equinox/images/arrow.png" border="0"></td> |
| <td ><b>What is <em>Phase 2</em> of Equinox?</b><br> |
| The first main thrust of Equinox was to produce a new runtime for Eclipse. |
| That first phase was completed with the release of Eclipse 3.0. <em>Phase |
| 2</em> collectively refers to the work in Equinox which started after |
| Eclipse 3.0 was released |
| (June 2004) and continues on today in the <a href="incubator">incubator</a>. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align=RIGHT valign=TOP><img src="/equinox/images/arrow.png" border="0"></td> |
| <td > |
| <b>What is the relationship between Equinox and the Eclipse Platform |
| project?</b><br> |
| They are siblings under the Eclipse PMC. Equinox produces, among other |
| things, the OSGi framework implementation used by the Platform (and all |
| other Eclipse-based work) as a component model. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align=RIGHT valign=TOP><img src="/equinox/images/arrow.png" border="0"></td> |
| <td><b>Is there still innovation and research going on in Equinox?</b><br> |
| Yes! The original mandate of the Equinox project was to investigate and |
| prototype new runtime technologies. That mission continues today in |
| the <a href="incubator">Equinox incubator</a> component. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align=RIGHT valign=TOP><img src="/equinox/images/arrow.png" border="0"></td> |
| <td> |
| <b>Who can/should participate in Equinox?</b><br> |
| Equinox needs people who: |
| <ul> |
| <li>are interested in OSGi specifications and their implementation</li> |
| <li>have ideas relating to Java modularity and componentized systems</li> |
| <li>have |
| real requirements to run OSGi in scenarios which depart from |
| the standard OSGi scenarios</li> |
| <li>have a strong desire to dig into the Eclipse runtime model </li> |
| <li>are willing and able to contribute production quality code</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <!-- |
| <tr> |
| <td align=RIGHT valign=TOP><img src="/equinox/images/arrow.png" border="0"></td> |
| <td> |
| <p><b>question</b><br> |
| answer</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| --> |
| </table> |
| |
| </div> |
| |
| EOHTML; |
| generateRapPage( $App, $Menu, $Nav, $pageAuthor, $pageKeywords, $pageTitle, $html ); |
| ?> |