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Microsoft Takes First Steps Toward Eclipse Support
3/21/2008
Ramji dodged a question from the audience about whether Microsoft will become an Eclipse Foundation member. The company is still not a member and, in fact, will not be supplying committers to the SWT-WPF integration initiative. The company's engineers will work with project committers, Ramji said.
Conference attendees were doubtful about Microsoft's budding relationship with the Eclipse community. "I don't believe they really get it," said software architect Jim Mackin. "They can't ignore open source -- they can't ignore the shift in the industry -- but they're still working under the old model. They still need to own and control the software. He [Ramji] gets it, but Microsoft as a company is behind the markets and culture in this regard."
John K. Waters is a freelance journalist and author based in Palo Alto, CA.
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