Re: Developers: "Simplify Eclipse or else..."
Ramon F Herrera wrote:
Early calls to simplify Eclipse
By Phil Manchester
Do it or lose it to NetBeans
"Improved usability and integration with other integrated development
environments are the first features being called for in response to a
request for feedback on the future Eclipse."
[...]
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/03/31/eclpse_e4_feature_requests/
-RFH
NetBeans is indeed pretty rockin'. On the other hand, I think
competition between the two keeps them both feature rich and and
responsive to developers needs, so I hope they both stick around.
Sun has recently announced "Innovators Grants" for NetBeans development.
Sun is offering up to approximately $170,000 for NetBeans modules,
plugins and other features. Sun is also offering bounties up of to $500
for exceptional blogs about new NetBeans features. Now that's what I
call putting your money where your mouth is.
<http://www.netbeans.org/grant/>
<http://www.netbeans.org/competition/blog-contest.html?cid'3686>
I hope someone (IBM?) does something similar for Eclipse. Development
costs money, it shouldn't be regarded as a free ride for the companies
who profit from it.
It would be interesting, to me, to develop modules that could be used in
common between the two. Anything to drive more commonality and
flexibility in development would be a good thing in my opinion.