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| <LI>Membership Launches Not-For-Profit Corporation to Implement and Share |
| Technology</LI> |
| <LI> Establishes Scalable Governance Model for Open Source Projects and |
| Commercial Participation<br></LI> |
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| <P> ECLIPSECON, ANAHEIM, CA—February 2, 2004—The Eclipse Board |
| of Stewards today announced Eclipse’s reorganization into a not-for-profit |
| corporation. Originally a consortium that formed when IBM released the |
| Eclipse Platform into Open Source, Eclipse is now an independent body |
| that will drive the platform’s evolution to benefit the providers |
| of software development offerings and end-users. All technology and source |
| code provided to this fast-growing ecosystem will remain openly available |
| and royalty-free.<br> |
| </p> |
| <p>With this change, a full-time Eclipse management organization is being |
| established to engage with commercial developers and consumers, academic |
| and research institutions, standards bodies, tool interoperability groups |
| and individual developers, plus coordinate Open Source projects. To maintain |
| a reliable and accessible development roadmap, a set of councils–Requirements, |
| Architecture and Planning–will guide the development done by Eclipse |
| Open Source projects. With the support of over 50 member companies, Eclipse |
| already hosts 4 major Open Source projects that include 19 subprojects.<br> |
| </p> |
| <P> To oversee and staff this new management organization, Eclipse has established |
| a Board of Directors drawn from four classes of membership: Strategic |
| Developers, Strategic Consumers, Add-in Providers and Open Source project |
| leaders. Strategic </p> |
| <p>Developers and Strategic Consumers hold seats on this Board, as do representatives |
| elected by Add-in Providers and Open Source project leaders. Strategic |
| Developers, Strategic Consumers and Add-in Providers contribute annual |
| dues. The founding Strategic Developers and Strategic Consumers are Ericsson, |
| HP, IBM, Intel, MontaVista Software, QNX, SAP and Serena Software. In |
| the coming weeks, the Board will announce its selection of a full-time |
| Executive Director to lead the Eclipse management organization.<br> |
| </p> |
| <p>"As mainstream IS organizations begin implementing and deploying |
| service-oriented architectures like J2EE and .NET into new computing environments, |
| having standardized, integrated and interoperable technologies will become |
| increasingly important to their success. Industry consortiums like Eclipse |
| and NetBeans that implement tools based upon standards from groups like |
| the Object Management Group (OMG) and Java Tools Community (JTC) are well-suited |
| to address these types of problems–especially if the groups can |
| coordinate their efforts." says Gartner vice-president and research |
| director, Michael Blechar.<br> |
| </p> |
| <p>According to Skip McGaughey, spokesperson for Eclipse, “This is |
| a significant step forward in the evolution of Eclipse. For the Open Source |
| development community, we’re establishing a strong support base |
| that will strengthen the projects and expand a powerful reusable architecture. |
| This creates long-term opportunities for reuse, interoperation and innovation |
| that enable both providers and consumers to take development tool technology |
| to the next level in functionality integration and usability.” <br> |
| </p> |
| <p>With more than 18 million download requests recorded since its inception, |
| adoption of the Eclipse platform continues to accelerate. Development |
| environment providers value its powerful reusable architecture that provides |
| integration “by construction,” reduces duplication of effort |
| and creates new opportunities for innovation and differentiation. Add-in |
| providers are attracted by the ease with which seamless integration can |
| be achieved as well as the large business opportunity represented by this |
| growing ecosystem. End users appreciate the common look-and-feel and off-the-shelf |
| integration across a large selection of independently developed offerings. |
| With reorganization, Eclipse’s members have established the strategic, |
| operational and financial means to effectively support and accommodate |
| continued growth.</p> |
| <h2>Strategic Partner Quotes</h2> |
| <P> <strong>Hewlett Packard (HP)</strong><br> |
| "As an independent, not-for-profit corporation, Eclipse will |
| provide a superior environment for tool integration and interoperability |
| and will continue to cultivate a vibrant community of tool providers |
| and users," said Mike Rank, director of developer resources |
| and partner enablement for HP. "HP is proud to serve on the |
| Eclipse board of directors and provide its experience and expertise |
| in both using and extending the Eclipse technology. As a strategic |
| member of the Eclipse organization, HP is committed to providing |
| developers with the tools needed to incorporate and leverage application |
| management capabilities over the entire software development lifecycle."</p> |
| <p><strong>IBM</strong><br> |
| "IBM, a leader and champion of the Eclipse movement, is committed |
| to continuing our significant investment to improve the Eclipse |
| platform, frameworks and related tools," said Lee R. Nackman, |
| IBM vice president of desktop development tools and chief technical |
| officer of Rational software." To deliver on the promise of |
| Eclipse, accommodate future growth, and further enhance the value |
| of this technology to the open community, IBM is proud now to help |
| launch Eclipse as an independent not-for-profit organization."</p> |
| <p><strong>Intel</strong><br> |
| "Intel is pleased to be a founding member of the new independent |
| Eclipse,” said Jonathan Khazam, general manager of Intel's |
| Software Products Division and member of the new Eclipse Board of |
| Directors. "We are committed to playing an active role in the |
| new organization and believe Eclipse will enhance our Linux development |
| tool product offerings. Intel’s deep knowledge of processor |
| architecture and tools technology will enable us to participate |
| in enhancing Eclipse for the next generation of development tools."</p> |
| <p><strong>MontaVista</strong><br> |
| "The rapid and broad adoption of Eclipse technology leverages |
| the immense resources of the Open Source community, as does Linux, |
| for the benefit of software developers worldwide," commented |
| Jim Ready, chief executive officer and president of MontaVista Software. |
| "MontaVista Software has adopted Eclipse as the strategic development |
| framework, benefiting our customers, and proudly demonstrates our |
| commitment to Eclipse through our membership in the new independent |
| entity, and with our contributions to Eclipse technology.”</p> |
| <p><strong>QNX Software Systems</strong><br> |
| "QNX is proud to be a driving force behind Eclipse since its |
| inception," said Dan Dodge, chief executive officer of QNX |
| Software Systems Ltd. "With a seat on the board as a strategic |
| developer member, we are reinforcing and extending our commitment |
| to the goals of seamless tool integration and advancement of best-in-class |
| tooling for embedded software development."</p> |
| <p><strong>SAP</strong><br> |
| "As a founding member of the new independent entity and an |
| early adopter of Eclipse technology in our SAP NetWeaver Developer |
| Studio, we are pleased to serve on the newly formed Eclipse Board |
| of Directors," said Michael Bechauf, vice president NetWeaver |
| Standards. "SAP has taken a very active role in promoting the |
| Eclipse open source tools platform and we look forward to contributing |
| to its continued success. Participation in the earliest development |
| phases of Eclipse has allowed our customers to leverage the Eclipse |
| ecosystem. The momentum Eclipse has gained will help our customers |
| and partners benefit from a more rapid development of the platform |
| with increased support from a more diverse ecosystem."</p> |
| <p><strong>Serena Software</strong><br> |
| "We are excited to participate in the new Eclipse as a strategic |
| consumer,” said Boris Kapitanski, vice president of Strategic |
| Technology at Serena Software. “Eclipse is becoming a very |
| attractive platform for a variety of companies, due mostly to its |
| highly integrated nature. Our goal is to make Eclipse even more |
| usable and robust by extending its capabilities from a development |
| platform to a complete application lifecycle support environment |
| to attract more business, marketing, and technical users to the |
| Eclipse community."</p> |
| <h2>Announced Eclipse Add-in Providers</h2> |
| <blockquote> |
| <P>Advanced Systems Concepts<br> |
| Borland<br> |
| Candle Corporation<br> |
| CanyonBlue<br> |
| Catalyst Systems Corporation<br> |
| CollabNet<br> |
| Embarcadero Technologies<br> |
| ETRI<br> |
| Exadel<br> |
| Fujitsu<br> |
| Genuitec<br> |
| Hitachi Software<br> |
| ILOG<br> |
| INNOOPRACT<br> |
| Instantiations, Inc.<br> |
| Logic Library<br> |
| M7 Corporation<br> |
| Metanology Corporation<br> |
| Micro Focus<br> |
| MKS<br> |
| Novell<br> |
| Optena Corporation<br> |
| Oracle<br> |
| PalmSource<br> |
| Parasoft Corporation<br> |
| QA Systems<br> |
| Red Hat<br> |
| SAS<br> |
| Scapa Technologies Limited<br> |
| SilverMark<br> |
| SlickEdit<br> |
| Teamstudio<br> |
| Telelogic<br> |
| Tensilica<br> |
| TimeSys<br> |
| Unisys<br> |
| VA Software, Inc.<br> |
| Wasabi Systems<br> |
| webMethods<br> |
| Wind River<br> |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| <h2>About Eclipse</h2> |
| <P> Eclipse has formed an independent open eco-system around royalty-free |
| technology and a universal platform for tools integration. Eclipse |
| based tools give developers freedom of choice in a multi-language, |
| multi-platform, multi-vendor environment. Eclipse provides a plug-in |
| based framework that makes it easier to create, integrate and utilize |
| software tools, saving time and money. By collaborating and exploiting |
| core integration technology, tool producers can leverage platform |
| reuse and concentrate on core competencies to create new development |
| technology. The Eclipse Platform is written in the Java language |
| and comes with extensive plug-in construction toolkits and examples. |
| It has already been deployed on a range of development workstations |
| including Linux, QNX, OSx and Windows based systems. A full description |
| of the Eclipse community and white papers documenting the design |
| and use of the Eclipse Platform are available at |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org">http://www.eclipse.org</a>.</p> |
| <h2>Media Contact</h2> |
| <p>Barbara Patterson<br> |
| Patterson and Associates<br> |
| 480-488-6909<br> |
| <a href="mailto:%20barbara@patterson.com">barbara@patterson.com</a></p> |
| <em> |
| <P>Some components of Eclipse may be governed by license terms other |
| than the CPL. </P> |
| <P>	Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks |
| of their respective holders. Java and all Java-based trademarks |
| are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
| in the United States and other countries.</P> |
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