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July 22, 2005 Eclipse Has Won — What Next For Eclipse?by Carl Zetie with Liz Barnett, Carey Schwaber, Kimberly Q. Dowling, Lindsey Hogan |
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Executive Summary
The battle to be the leading development tools integration framework — at least, outside the Microsoft sphere of influence — is over, and Eclipse has won, even if some vendors have not yet conceded. With the accession of key tools vendors to the Eclipse Foundation and the growing number of vendors joining IBM in basing their commercial products on the Eclipse framework, an irresistible innovation network is developing, attracting a rapidly growing array of commercial tools and small plug-ins to enrich the environment. What started as grassroots adoption of a free and flexible IDE has quickly become the most widespread Java development environment and is beginning to spread across the rest of the application development life cycle. Debates will continue about which is the best Java IDE, but Eclipse has its eyes set on bigger things: a platform to integrate disparate life-cycle tools to an unprecedented degree, and beyond that, to become an integration platform for other IT requirements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- It's All About The Ecology
- Eclipse Adoption Is Widespread — And It's Official
- Where Eclipse Will Go Next
RECOMMENDATIONS
- Successful Eclipse Adoption Requires Management
WHAT IT MEANS
- Eclipse Has Ambitions Far Beyond The IDE
- Supplemental Material
- Related Research Documents
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