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Nokia to Become Involved in Eclipse Development

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hands-on dept.

jondaw writes "Builder UK says that Nokia is to become more involved in the direction of the Open Source IDE, Eclipse. 'Nokia has increased its level of involvement in the Eclipse project by becoming a board member and strategic developer. It will take the lead in developing tools for mobile applications based on the Eclipse platform. One if its aims will be to extend the Java-based IDE to have full support for J2ME.'"

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  1. Nokie Tech by AsmCoder8088 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Hopefully, somewhere down the road, this will enhance the quality of their mobile phones. One of the old Nokia cell phones I used had a few defects; for example, the battery compartment always wanted to slip off.

    But one has to wonder, exactly, what kind of direction Nokia is headed. Do they really think this is good news for the millions who use their products everyday? I think that taking chances like this may turn into a sour deal for them.

    Using GNU/Linux -- Windows-free zone!

  2. Ooh. by ComputerSherpa · · Score: 1, Troll

    Nokia has progressed from making crappy phones to reorbiting moons. More exercises in shareholder value to come.

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