[news.eclipse.tools] Re: General questions about third party integration

["Kyle Brown" <brownkyl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, you should probably look at
http://www.developer.ibm.com/welcome/wstools/workbench.html

Which shows the list of partners that have signed up for Eclipse.  This list
includes:

     Rules based development Versata
     Connectors Peregrine/Extricity
     Development tools Instantiations
     Business process modeling HOLOSOFX
     Requirement management Rational Suite AnalystStudio
     Application and data modeling Rational Suite DevelopmentStudio
     Software configuration management Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest
     Software configuration management MERANT PVCS
     Software configuration management SERENA Software, Inc.
     Quality assurance / performance Rational Suite TestStudio
     Quality assurance / performance Sitraka


In addition, just scan the email addresses of the posters to this newsgroup.
You will see that there are a large number of other ISV's that are either
actively developing for, or evaluating the Eclipse platform.  I assure you
that it goes far beyond just IBM.

Kyle Brown
IBM WebSphere Services



"Olaf Graf" <olaf.graf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The tool looks very, very interesting. Especially, thanks for opening
> the proprietary VAJ repository.
>
> On one hand, there are some features I really miss in Eclipse till now.
> On the other hand, it's almost impossible to use VAJ in today's multi-
> vendor-environments. (Nethertheless, VAJ is/was a very good tool).
>
> I wonder how IBM will maintain / support third-party-integration for
> WebSphere Studio ... Developer. I guess there are lots of products IBM
> wouldn't integrate itself (competitive app. servers, databases, etc.)
> Other tools are popular but don't have primary focus for IBM (XML Spy,
> FrontPage, DreamWeaver, etc.)
>
> The reason why I ask, my company is system integrator in the Swiss
> financial market. Some banks / insurance companies have standardized
> on WebSphere App. Server, others use BEA, IONA and others. Some may
> use CVS, or they use other SCM tools.  And so on ... We have to sup-
> port lots of configurations.
>
> If WS Application Developer is aimed to competite with other IDE's in
> that field it needs to fit in customer's infrastructure, this is, it
> needs strong support for heterogenous environments.
>
> What are the plans of IBM ?
>
> Till now I can only see plans to support IBM products, which would be
> really pity (VAJ, again). Maybe, lot of integration support would be
> done by interested people. How will the Eclipse project encourage them ?
>
> Regards,
> Olaf Graf - Systor AG
>


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