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Page 3 of 3 IndicThreads >> With Ruby on Rails and the growing importance of scripting languages, is Eclipse planning on better support for these?
Mike Milinkovich >> For Ruby on Rails specifically, the RADRails tool is built on top of Eclipse and has a great following amongst the Rails community.
"I can’t think of a scripting language that doesn’t have an Eclipse plug-in available..."
Eclipse already has excellent support for virtually all of the dynamic scripting languages. There are countless Javascript editors that are Eclipse plug-ins, there are Eclipse IDEs for PHP, Python, Pearl, Ruby on Rails, etc. In fact, I can’t think of a scripting language that doesn’t have an Eclipse plug-in available for it.
IndicThreads >> What do you think are the most interesting features lined up in Eclipse releases in the near future?
Mike Milinkovich >> We are still in the planning stage for our next release, called Europa, so it is a bit too early to tell. We see a lot of interesting technology around the Eclipse Rich Client Platform and Eclipse Equinox, Mylar is a really interesting Eclipse project that adds a task oriented UI to your Eclipse environment . I also think you will be seeing our projects around SOA and Application Lifecycle Management release some innovative new technologies as well..
"Projects around SOA and Application Lifecycle Management will release some innovative new technologies..."
IndicThreads >> Some time back it was reported that over 90% of commiters on Eclipse are full time employees of member companies. Is that still the case? How do you think being open source helps Eclipse grow?
Mike Milinkovich >> We have just over 750 committers and around 85% are full time employees of companies, not necessarily member companies.
"Eclipse has 750 committers..."
Being open source is fundamental to our growth. In many ways Eclipse has proven that a truly vendor-neutral, open and transparent governance model allows companies to leverage open source as a viable option for building product-ready software.
IndicThreads >> Thanks for sharing info on Eclpse and your thoughts on the Java IDE market.
Mike Milinkovich >> No problem. Glad to do it.
IndicThreads >> On behalf of IndicThreads and our readers, here's wishing Eclipse a very happy fifth birthday!
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