Like its “sister” foundation Apache, Eclipse is the home of a wide range of independently developed projects, each with its own release schedule. Unlike Apache, though, once a year as many projects as possible sync up for a big coordinated release. This year, 21 Eclipse projects are hopping on the train, compared to 10 for Callisto last year.
The purpose of the coordinated release is to provide a common development platform for embedded, rich client, rich internet and server applications, says Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. “The tremendous advantage Eclipse provides is that it spans these different types of applications with a common component model, frameworks and tools.” The yearly release provides a synchronization point for 3rd party developers building their products on top of Eclipse.
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