Announcements

Wanted: 360 Friends of Helios

Monday, May 17, 2010 - 12:34 by Christopher Gu…
To celebrate the upcoming Helios release, the Eclipse Foundation has launched a new campaign to recruit 360 new Friends of Eclipse. Please consider joining now and help support the Eclipse community.

Introducing Eclipse Labs

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 15:00 by Christopher Gu…
The Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with Google, is pleased to announce Eclipse Labs, a new place to host open source projects based on Eclipse. Eclipse Labs provides the infrastructure services typically required by open source projects, such as code repositories, bug tracking, project web sites/wiki. This new service is hosted by Project Hosting on Google Code, so it will be very familiar to developers already using Google Code Project Hosting.

Celebrate Helios at an Eclipse DemoCamp

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 16:48 by Christopher Gu…
Members of the Eclipse community will be celebrating the Helios release at DemoCamps around the world from the last week of May until June 30. Typically a DemoCamp consists of a series of short demos and presentations from developers building new and interesting solutions with Eclipse. It is a great way to discover and learn about new Eclipse technology. There is also lots of time for informal conversation and networking, so DemoCamps are a great way to connect with colleagues and friends.

Eclipse Announces New SOA Initiative

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 10:10 by Christopher Gu…
The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a new SOA Industry Working Group. The working group is a collaboration of industry players, including Engineering Group, itemis, Obeo and Sopera.

Register for Eclipse Banking Day in Copenhagen

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 17:15 by Christopher Gu…
Eclipse Banking Day in Copenhagen is being held in Denmark on June 1, 2010. This full-day event will provide an opportunity for senior technical developers, architects and managers in the finance industry to learn how to better leverage Eclipse technology and the Eclipse community as part of their development strategy. Eclipse experts and leading financial institutions such as Danske Bank, JP Morgan and Nordea will present what work they are doing with Eclipse.

Eclipse Community Survey: Tell Us What You Are Doing

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 15:07 by Christopher Gu…
The Eclipse Foundation wants to better understand how you develop software, use Eclipse and interact with open source communities. Therefore, we are asking people to give us their feedback by participating in the Eclipse Community Survey 2010. The results will be published by the Eclipse Foundation in June 2010.

EclipseRT Community Continues to Grow with New Projects and Contributors

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:04 by Christopher Gu…
This week at EclipseCon 2010 two new Eclipse projects, Eclipse Gemini and Eclipse Virgo, join the EclipseRT community. These two projects provide important functionality required by organizations building enterprise solutions. Both projects represent important milestones in the continued growth of the EclipseRT community.

Eclipse Community Awards Winners Announced

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 22:30 by Christopher Gu…
The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the winners of the annual Eclipse Community Awards, which recognize the top individuals, projects and technologies in the ecosystem. Recipients were honored at an awards ceremony March 22 on the opening day of EclipseCon 2010. See the results at the 2010 winners page. Congratulations!

Eclipse Foundation 2010 Board Election Results

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 12:15 by Christopher Gu…
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Board elections. The elected Committer Member representatives for 2010 will be:
  • Chris Aniszczyk
  • Boris Bokowski
  • Ed Merks
The elected Sustaining Member (e.g. Solution and Enterprise Member) representatives for 2010 will be:
  • Hans Kamutzki
  • Mik Kersten
  • Adam Lieber
Please join us in extending a hearty congratulations to the winners!

Mylyn Enables Agile ALM for Eclipse

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 09:20 by Christopher Gu…
The Eclipse Foundation today announced new initiatives to support the ongoing growth of the Eclipse Mylyn ecosystem. The open source Mylyn project is a widely extended framework for integrating task and application lifecycle management (ALM) tools with the Eclipse IDE. The project will create new sub-projects representing key IDE/ALM integration categories.

Register for the Eclipse Spring Training Series

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 04:25 by Christopher Gu…
The Eclipse Foundation and Eclipse member companies are pleased to announce the spring 2010 training class series. The training is an excellent opportunity for software developers and architects to learn more about Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), Equinox & OSGi and Modeling technologies. Eclipse experts will lead the sessions, providing practical experience through classroom instruction and hands-on labs. Virtual and on-site classes have been scheduled in several countries from April 12 to May 28, 2010.

Eclipse Awards Finalists 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010 - 14:20 by Christopher Gu…
The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the finalists for the 2010 Eclipse Community Awards. Winners for each category will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 22, 2010 at EclipseCon. See the finalists here.

e4-Rover Mars Challenge at EclipseCon

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 11:00 by Christopher Gu…

Do you have what it takes to be a rocket scientist? EclipseCon 2010 will be your opportunity to play with the top guns. The Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with NASA JPL, are organizing the e4-Rover Mars Challenge. EclipseCon attendees will participate in a contest to create the very best robotic control system to drive a robot across a prototypical Mars landscape. The grand prize winner will be receive an opportunity to visit the NASA robotics lab in Los Angeles, CA

e4-Rover Mars Challenge at EclipseCon

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 08:55 by Christopher Gu…

Do you have what it takes to be a rocket scientist? EclipseCon 2010 will be your opportunity to play with the top guns. The Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with NASA JPL, are organizing the e4-Rover Mars Challenge. EclipseCon attendees will participate in a contest to create the very best robotic control system to drive a robot across a prototypical Mars landscape. The grand prize winner will be receive an opportunity to visit the NASA robotics lab in Los Angeles, CA