History

• 2001 - Initial eclipse.org Board of Stewards:• Borland• IBM• Red Hat• SuSE• MERANT• QNX• Software Systems• Rational Software• TogetherSoft• Webgain

History

• 2003 – 80+ members• 2004 – re-organized -> non-profit corporation

• Full-time management organization established• Coordinate open source projects• Engage with open source community

• 2006 – 5 year birthday• Primary IDE for non .NET development

Eclipse

• Platform supporting:

• Underlying needs of many different applications

• A variety of active projects producing tools

• Supporting entire application lifecycle

Eclipse Foundation

• Organization:• Member funded• 115+ member companies• non-profit• supports Eclipse open source projects

• development mentoring

• marketing

• support Eclipse community

Eclipse Foundation

Members:1. Strategic Members

2. Add-in Provider Members

3. Associate Members

4. Committer Members

Eclipse FoundationMembers:

1. Strategic Members:• Companies view Eclipse as strategic platform• Invest financial & developer resources – develop Eclipse technology• Has representation on Eclipse Foundation Bd of Directors

• Control strategic direction of Eclipse• Has representation on Eclipse Requirements Council

• Input/influence over themes & priorities of Eclipse technology

Eclipse FoundationMembers:

1. Strategic Members:a. Strategic Consumer – major user of Eclipse techb. Strategic Developer – major developer of Eclipse tech

Eclipse FoundationMembers:

1. Strategic Members:

a. Strategic Consumer – major user of Eclipse tech• Annual dues 0.2% of revenue (min $50, max $500K)

Eclipse FoundationMembers:

1. Strategic Members:

b. Strategic Developer – major developer of Eclipse tech• Contribute at least 8 full-time developers

• Annual dues 0.12% of revenue (max $250K)

• Lead one+ Eclipse Project(s)

• Has representation on Eclipse Planning and Arch Council

• Direct input – development/architecture of Eclipse

Eclipse FoundationMembers:

2. Add-in Provider Members:• Companies view Eclipse as important part of their Corp/product strategy

• Development of Eclipse ecosystem

• Must have an Eclipse based offering avail within 12 months of joining.

• Required to publicly announce their support for Eclipse

• Annual dues - $5000

Eclipse FoundationMembers:

3. Associate Members:• Non-profit organizations• Standards body• Research institute• University• Publisher• Participate in development of Eclipse Ecosystem• Dues – none required• Can submit requirements• Participate in project reviews & membership meetings

Eclipse FoundationMembers:

4. Committer Members:• Must be a Committer:

• developer of Eclipse open source• Volunteered/contributed by organizations/individuals

• Core developers of Eclipse technology

• Can commit changes to source code

• May vote for Committer Representatives on Eclipse Bd of Directors

Eclipse Ecosystem

• Comprised of:• Major technology vendors

• Innovative start-ups

• Research institutions

• Universities

• Individuals

• Support & extend Eclipse platform

Eclipse Open Source Projects

• More than 60• Main Categories:

1. Enterprise Development2. Embedded and Device Development3. Rich Client Platform4. Rich Internet Applications5. Application Frameworks6. Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)7. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Eclipse Platform

• Developed:• by open source developers• in Java

Eclipse Platform

• Deployed on:• Linux• HP-UX• AIX• Solaris• QNX• MAC OS X• Windows based systems

Eclipse Platform • provides plug-in based framework

• to benefit software providers & end-user• seamless movement between diff tools• easier to create, integrate, & utilize SW tools• saves $ and time

Eclipse Platform • Foundation for:

• building development environments• building arbitrary tools and applications

• (RCP) Rich Client Platform component• used to build arbitrary applications for banking, medial, automotive, and space exploration.

Evaluation

Signs they are meeting their goals:

• Primary IDE after 5 years

• Growing member count (115)

• Growing projects count (60)

• Corp support – strength

• Appear well organized

Evaluation

Improvements that could be made:

• add clarity for new-comers

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