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 		<p><strong>EclipseCon 2008, SANTA CLARA, CA &#150; March 17, 2008 &#150; </strong>
 		The Eclipse Foundation today announced a new initiative to develop and promote open source runtime technology based on Equinox, a
 		lightweight OSGi compliant runtime.   While Eclipse is well known for its widely used development tools, this initiative
 		establishes a community of Eclipse open source projects focused on runtime technology that provides a more flexible approach to
 		building and deploying software on mobile, desktop and server environments.</p>

 		<p>The move to create a community around Equinox is a logical progression for Eclipse.   Equinox, the core runtime platform for
 		Eclipse, has been deployed on millions of software developers&#146; desktops, has enabled an ecosystem of thousands of Eclipse
 		plug-ins and is the base of hundreds of Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) based applications. Recently, the community has also
 		used Equinox as the server platform for Ajax applications, SOA, enterprise client/server applications and others.  Therefore,
 		this new initiative has been started to foster and promote Equinox as a platform for building and deploying general purpose
 		software products and applications.</p>

 		<p>To support the launch of the Equinox community, the Eclipse Foundation is announcing the following:
 			<ul>
 			<li>The Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors has approved and created a new top-level project called the Eclipse Runtime
 			project (Eclipse RT).   The mission of this new top-level project is to foster, promote and house runtime efforts in the
 			Eclipse community.  The Project Management Committee (PMC) will be led by Jochen Krause (Innoopract) and Jeff McAffer
 			(Code 9), and will include Douglas Clarke (Oracle), Ricco Deutscher (SOPERA) and Thomas Watson (IBM).  Eclipse RT will
 			initially include the following sub-projects:  <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/">Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF)</a>, <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/">EclipseLink</a>,
 			<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/">Equinox</a>, <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/rap/">Rich Ajax Platform (RAP)</a>, <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/riena/">Riena</a>, and <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/swordfish/">Swordfish</a>.</li>
 			<li>A new <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/equinox-portal/">Equinox community portal</a> has been launched on the Eclipse web site.  The portal is focused on promoting and
 			educating developers on Equinox, OSGi and related Eclipse runtime projects.  Developers are able to download tutorials,
 			videocasts and webinars to educate them on the new approach for building software.</li>
 			<li>More than 20 companies have indicated their support and participation in the Equinox community.</li>
 			</ul>
 		</p>

 		<p>Equinox introduces a new way of building and deploying software; a concept called Component Oriented Development and
 		Assembly (CODA).  Component oriented development is not new, but Equinox and CODA provide some very important advantages:
 			<ul>
 			<li>Equinox is based on the OSGi standard, a consistent component model that spans platforms and architectural tiers.
 			OSGi is used for mobile and embedded devices, desktop applications and server applications hosted on a wide variety of
 			operating systems (Linux, Windows, Solaris, etc).  Other component models tend to be operating system specific or tied to
 			a specific deployment tier.</li>
 			<li>Developers using Equinox have much more flexibility in assembling and customizing their application and runtime
 			platform.  Instead of a"one size fits all" approach, developers can now select components from a variety of component
 			producers, customize the components for their specific needs and assemble the required components to create individual
 			solutions.</li>
 			<li>Similar to how Eclipse solved the developer tools integration challenge, Equinox provides a standard integration
 			mechanism that allows organizations to easily integrate applications with their partner and customers solutions.</li>
 			</ul>
 		</p>

 		<p>"Launching the Equinox community to focus on runtimes is a natural evolution of Eclipse," said Mike Milinkovich, Executive
 		Director of the Eclipse Foundation.  "Our community has already developed runtime projects like RCP, RAP, Swordfish, EclipseLink
 		and ECF.  This new community will help organize and foster additional projects that focus on making it easier to develop and
 		deploy software."</p>

 		<p>More details about the Equinox community can be found at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/equinox-portal" target="blank">
 		eclipse.org/equinox-portal</a>, including a white paper describing the concepts of CODA.</p>

 		<p><b>About the Eclipse Foundation</b><br>
 		Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application
 		frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools and frameworks that span the software development
 		lifecycle, including support for modeling, language development environments for Java, C/C++ and others, testing and
 		performance, business intelligence, rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major
 		technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support
 		the Eclipse Platform.</p>

 		<p>The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of
 		Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org" target="blank">www.eclipse.org</a>.</p>

 		<p><b>Press Contact</b><br>
 		Steve Eisenstadt<br>
 		Page One Public Relations<br>
 		919-781-8096<br>
 		<a href="mailto:steve@pageonepr.com">steve@pageonepr.com</a><br>
 		<br>

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 		<ul>
 			<li><a href="/equinox-portal/quotes.php">Who is using Equinox?</a></li>
 			<li><a href="/equinox-portal/whitepaper/20080310_equinox.php">Whitepaper</a></li>
 		</ul>
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	<p><strong>EclipseCon 2008, SANTA CLARA, CA March 17, 2008 </strong>
	The Eclipse Foundation today announced a new initiative to develop and promote open source runtime technology based on Equinox, a
	lightweight OSGi compliant runtime. While Eclipse is well known for its widely used development tools, this initiative
	establishes a community of Eclipse open source projects focused on runtime technology that provides a more flexible approach to
	building and deploying software on mobile, desktop and server environments.</p>

	<p>The move to create a community around Equinox is a logical progression for Eclipse. Equinox, the core runtime platform for
	Eclipse, has been deployed on millions of software developers desktops, has enabled an ecosystem of thousands of Eclipse
	plug-ins and is the base of hundreds of Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) based applications. Recently, the community has also
	used Equinox as the server platform for Ajax applications, SOA, enterprise client/server applications and others. Therefore,
	this new initiative has been started to foster and promote Equinox as a platform for building and deploying general purpose
	software products and applications.</p>

	<p>To support the launch of the Equinox community, the Eclipse Foundation is announcing the following:
	<ul>
	<li>The Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors has approved and created a new top-level project called the Eclipse Runtime
	project (Eclipse RT). The mission of this new top-level project is to foster, promote and house runtime efforts in the
	Eclipse community. The Project Management Committee (PMC) will be led by Jochen Krause (Innoopract) and Jeff McAffer
	(Code 9), and will include Douglas Clarke (Oracle), Ricco Deutscher (SOPERA) and Thomas Watson (IBM). Eclipse RT will
	initially include the following sub-projects: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/">Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF)</a>, <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/">EclipseLink</a>,
	<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/">Equinox</a>, <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/rap/">Rich Ajax Platform (RAP)</a>, <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/riena/">Riena</a>, and <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/swordfish/">Swordfish</a>.</li>
	<li>A new <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/equinox-portal/">Equinox community portal</a> has been launched on the Eclipse web site. The portal is focused on promoting and
	educating developers on Equinox, OSGi and related Eclipse runtime projects. Developers are able to download tutorials,
	videocasts and webinars to educate them on the new approach for building software.</li>
	<li>More than 20 companies have indicated their support and participation in the Equinox community.</li>
	</ul>
	</p>

	<p>Equinox introduces a new way of building and deploying software; a concept called Component Oriented Development and
	Assembly (CODA). Component oriented development is not new, but Equinox and CODA provide some very important advantages:
	<ul>
	<li>Equinox is based on the OSGi standard, a consistent component model that spans platforms and architectural tiers.
	OSGi is used for mobile and embedded devices, desktop applications and server applications hosted on a wide variety of
	operating systems (Linux, Windows, Solaris, etc). Other component models tend to be operating system specific or tied to
	a specific deployment tier.</li>
	<li>Developers using Equinox have much more flexibility in assembling and customizing their application and runtime
	platform. Instead of a"one size fits all" approach, developers can now select components from a variety of component
	producers, customize the components for their specific needs and assemble the required components to create individual
	solutions.</li>
	<li>Similar to how Eclipse solved the developer tools integration challenge, Equinox provides a standard integration
	mechanism that allows organizations to easily integrate applications with their partner and customers solutions.</li>
	</ul>
	</p>

	<p>"Launching the Equinox community to focus on runtimes is a natural evolution of Eclipse," said Mike Milinkovich, Executive
	Director of the Eclipse Foundation. "Our community has already developed runtime projects like RCP, RAP, Swordfish, EclipseLink
	and ECF. This new community will help organize and foster additional projects that focus on making it easier to develop and
	deploy software."</p>

	<p>More details about the Equinox community can be found at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/equinox-portal" target="blank">
	eclipse.org/equinox-portal</a>, including a white paper describing the concepts of CODA.</p>

	<p><b>About the Eclipse Foundation</b><br>
	Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application
	frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools and frameworks that span the software development
	lifecycle, including support for modeling, language development environments for Java, C/C++ and others, testing and
	performance, business intelligence, rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major
	technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support
	the Eclipse Platform.</p>

	<p>The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of
	Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org" target="blank">www.eclipse.org</a>.</p>

	<p><b>Press Contact</b><br>
	Steve Eisenstadt<br>
	Page One Public Relations<br>
	919-781-8096<br>
	<a href="mailto:steve@pageonepr.com">steve@pageonepr.com</a><br>
	<br>

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	<ul>
	<li><a href="/equinox-portal/quotes.php">Who is using Equinox?</a></li>
	<li><a href="/equinox-portal/whitepaper/20080310_equinox.php">Whitepaper</a></li>
	</ul>
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