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Archive for March, 2008

Eclipse RT and the Equinox community

Posted in Uncategorized on March 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ve mentioned previously that Eclipse is coming alive as a place for runtime technology. The last few days have seen some more concrete steps down that path. Last Wednesday the Eclipse RT top-level project had a successful creation review. So over the next few days the project itself will be provisioned and [...]

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Code 9 Website goes live in time for EclipseCon

Posted in Uncategorized on March 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m a fan of simplicity. Hopefully that shows through in the Code 9 website.

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Another term…

Posted in eclipse on March 17th, 2008 | No Comments »

As mentioned elsewhere (here here here), the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors election results are in. I am very pleased to have been re-elected for another term.  I mentioned in my vision statement that working on the board is extremely educational and gratifying.  Gaining the support of the community to do that work is doubly [...]

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Reset required

Posted in eclipse on March 7th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

You know those times when you are blissfully away from email and you come back and all hell has broken loose? That’s me today as I read the various posts and messages about e4. Hopefully the following will help make things better rather than making them worse…
First, to dispel some myths.

There is no evil [...]

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Calling all independent committers!

Posted in Uncategorized on March 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Each year when the board election comes around I have to remember how it works.
By now everyone eligible should have received a password email enabling them to vote. If you have a password and have not yet voted, please do so now. There’s no point in having an election if people don’t vote.
Now, if [...]

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On the board again?

Posted in eclipse on March 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I was thinking the other day, “Why am I running for re-election in the current Eclipse Board elections?” It’s really quite a bit of work. There are monthly phone calls, quarterly face to face meetings, committees and working groups, prep for all of the above, … Oh my!
All in all I figure it takes [...]

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