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For Application Development Professionals

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October 7, 2004

Eclipse Changes The Game For Development Tools

by Carl Zetie

with Liz Barnett, Carey Schwaber

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Executive Summary

Eclipse isn't just changing the development tools that enterprises buy: It's changing the way that enterprises buy development tools. Eclipse's early appeal for IT organizations was the ability to acquire features for free or at low cost. Eclipse's real value comes from the ability to assemble just the right combination of tools and resources that an organization — and individual roles within an organization — needs. Eclipse is becoming more than a tools integration platform; it's becoming a way for IT organizations to reclaim control of their development environment. For development tools vendors, this shift in perspective presents a huge challenge to the traditional monolithic IDE and other comprehensive tools — but for those vendors brave enough to grasp the implications and embrace the change, it also represents a huge opportunity to change the economics of the development tools market.

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