"Dave Bernstein, a former senior vice president and general manager of products for Rational Software Corp., worked as a consultant to the Eclipse Consortium after IBM acquired Rational and the Eclipse Consortium began to develop plans to spin off to form the new independent Eclipse Foundation. Bernstein led the committee that defined the new organization and spearheaded negotiations between Sun and Eclipse.
"I take Rich Green's [vice president of Sun developer tools and Java software] letter at face value," Bernstein said. "If Rich's impression that Sun must abandon NetBeans in order to join Eclipse is the only remaining impediment, then that's good news because there is no such requirement. I hope that Rich will engage with the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors and agree to join as a Strategic Developer."
Bernstein added: "A key objective in creating the independent Eclipse Foundation was to evolve from a loose federation around IBM-driven development to a vendor-neutral non-profit corporation driving collaborative development among multiple industry leaders and open source projects. Launching the Eclipse Foundation is a very big step forward, but there's much more to be accomplished. I have no problem with Sun pointing out pitfalls and/or offering guidance based on their own experience." " |
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