The goal of Eclipse is to create a universal development platform to enable global enterprises to develop software more efficiently,

Can open source IDEs coexist with commercial IDEs? The answer is most emphatically 'Yes.' We feel that Eclipse is providing the building blocks for creating IDEs,

In the future we see Eclipse becoming a complete development platform with full application development lifecycle capabilities. It's still early, but tool integration is only one of the areas that will grow in importance.

The objective is to get people passionate about supporting the Eclipse projects.

The breadth of industry interest and participation shows that this project has the potential to rapidly grow a community around it.

No 'real' conference would ever think of including two such wildly different topics on the same agenda. But in fact, it works really well to have such an eclectic mix. Everyone in the room is there because they want to be.

Projects such as ALF enable vendors and users alike to provide the vision, innovation and resources to enhance the Eclipse platform.

We're very focused on the commercial applications of our developmentcreating a profitable ecosystem.

We're very happy to have Ward join the staff, and we think he'll be a big help in growing the overall community at Eclipse,

We're rebuilding our Web site at Eclipse.org and we're using PHP,