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Eclipse 3.1 Released
Jeff Myers writes "Eclipse version 3.1 was just released and is available for download. There are quite a few new and noteworthy features added in this release - including full support for Java 5.0 and improved support for developing rich client applications based on the Eclipse platform." Update: 06/28 21:03 GMT by Z : Denis emailed to request we use mirrors, as they're already getting hammered pretty hard.
I agree it does sound like a load of marketing gibberish. I have a better description:
Popular like java itself - but open and not stifled by SUN licensing.
Cross platform GUI - but not crap like SUNs AWT or slow like Swing.
Powerful development tools similar to Netbeans - only unlike SUNs netbeans people use it that aren't forced to by their employers.
Similar to Netbeans only - only unlikes SUNs netbeans has major industry backing and is becoming the java development platform standard.
I sometimes wonder what life would be like if IBM/OTI had developed java, maybe they wouldn't have crippled java's linux possibilities in the way sun has.
By now we could have had a major modern linux development language and environment and linux could be ahead of windows in terms of migrating to a more modern platform/language.
Instead the entire java platform needs to be rewritten from scratch under a license that doesn't cripple it's chances of getting mass adoption on what is probably destined to be Windows major competition on the desktop.
Let me finish by saying "WAKE UP SCOTT MCNEALY SOLARIS IS DIEING - Be a lead player in Java adoption on the desktop by releasing java under a GPL compatible license. You're strategy of keeping java under a non-linux friendly license is helping IBM/Redhat and the longer you leave it the less likely java will ever become a major desktop platform"