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| <td align=left width="72%"> <font class=indextop> Web Tools platform</font> | |
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| Eclipse Launches Web Tools Platform Project</b></span></b></h1> | |
| <P>OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA and GRENOBLE, FRANCE - July 26, 2004 - The Eclipse | |
| Foundation, a community committed to the implementation of a universal | |
| platform for tools integration, and ObjectWeb, the international not-for-profit | |
| consortium dedicated to open-source infrastructure software and provider | |
| of JOnAS, the leading non-commercial, open-source J2EE application server, | |
| today announced the launch of the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) project | |
| on eclipse.org. </p> | |
| <P> ObjectWeb played the lead role in facilitating the project proposal, | |
| with active involvement and support from Eclipse organizations and other | |
| participants in the project. Formal project approval occurred on June | |
| 25 following a 30-day period for open review by the community.</p> | |
| <P>Christophe Ney, ObjectWeb's executive director, commented, "ObjectWeb | |
| has enjoyed working with Eclipse and the community to launch this project | |
| and looks forward to participating in project leadership going forward. | |
| ObjectWeb's mission is to contribute to an open-source ecosystem supporting | |
| enterprise software that will drive lasting economic benefits for the | |
| vendor, developer and end-user communities. We see Eclipse as a key factor | |
| in that ecosystem and are excited to be contributing to its future growth."</p> | |
| <P> "The Web Tools Platform project is an exciting new expansion of | |
| both the Eclipse technology portfolio and our community of developers," | |
| said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of Eclipse. "ObjectWeb's | |
| support was instrumental in establishing the project and we look forward | |
| to continuing to work with them in the future."<br> | |
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| <P>Bjorn Freeman-Benson of the University of Washington has been selected | |
| by the Eclipse Foundation to lead this project. "We expect the WTP | |
| project to quickly become the platform of choice underlying vendor-specific | |
| J2EE tooling. The ObjectWeb Consortium provided the much needed drive | |
| to put the project together," said Freeman-Benson. "I see their | |
| efforts in setting up the WTP proposal as the first step in a durable, | |
| synergistic relationship based on common values and complementary positioning | |
| between our two communities."<br> | |
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| <P>Organizations that have already committed resources to the Eclipse Web | |
| Tools Platform project include Bull, Eteration, Exadel, Frameworx, Genuitec, | |
| IBM, Innoopract, INRIA, Librados, OpenWide, Thales IS, Together Teamlösungen | |
| and XQuark Group.</p> | |
| <P>More information on the Web Tools Platform project may be found at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/" target="_top">http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/</a> | |
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| <P> The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit member-supported corporation | |
| that hosts community based open projects. Eclipse creates royalty-free | |
| technology and a universal platform for development tools integration, | |
| modeling, testing and functionally-rich application construction. | |
| Eclipse-based offerings give developers freedom of choice in a multi-language, | |
| multi-platform, multi-vendor supported environment. Eclipse delivers | |
| a dynamic plug-in based framework that makes it easier to create | |
| and integrate technology, saving time and money. By collaborating | |
| and sharing core integration technology, providers can concentrate | |
| and focus on areas of expertise and differentiation. 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, Mac OS X and Windows-based systems. Full details of the Eclipse | |
| Foundation and white papers documenting the design of the Eclipse | |
| Platform are available at www.eclipse.org.<br> | |
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| <P> Founded in 2002 by Bull, France Telecom and INRIA, ObjectWeb is | |
| a consortium of leading companies and research organizations from | |
| around the world that have joined forces to produce the next generation | |
| of open-source middleware. ObjectWeb's goal is to provide real-time | |
| enterprises with independent solutions which combine quality and | |
| robustness at the best possible performance/cost ratio. ObjectWeb | |
| targets alternative solutions to proprietary products for e-business, | |
| EAI, data connectivity, grid computing and enterprise messaging. | |
| Based on open standards, ObjectWeb's middleware includes application | |
| servers, components, frameworks and tools. Examples of ObjectWeb's | |
| "cost killer" middleware are JOnAS, an Open-Source implementation | |
| of the J2EE specification; JORAM, message oriented middleware; Lomboz, | |
| a J2EE plug-in for Eclipse; and Enhydra, a Java/XML application | |
| server. <a href="http://www.objectweb.org" target="_blank">http://www.objectweb.org</a></p> | |
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| <div align="center">ObjectWeb<br> | |
| François Letellier<br> | |
| francois.letellier@objectweb.org<br> | |
| Tel: +33 4 76 61 54 87 / <br> | |
| +33 6 84 64 00 24<br> | |
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| <div align="center">Eclipse<br> | |
| Janice Hughes<br> | |
| Patterson & Associates<br> | |
| 480-488-6909<br> | |
| janice@patterson.com<br> | |
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