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CIN: IBM’s Open Source Plan to “Eclipse” .Net

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 2002

“IBM’s wholehearted embrace of the open source model is
spreading beyond Linux and Apache.

“With an eye on the popularity of Microsoft’s software
development tools, which can be used to write code for any Windows
operating system, IBM earlier this year released as open source the
source code on which it is basing its current generation of
software development tools.

“Called Eclipse, the platform appears to be rapidly gaining
momentum, both among software vendors who sell software development
tools, and with users drawn to its open source model…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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