Linux Developers Considering Move to Eclipse | Linux Today

Linux Developers Considering Move to Eclipse

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jul 6, 2007

“When you’re talking Linux development tools, chances are you’re
talking about decades-old programming editors like vi and EMACS.
These are fine for an older generation of programmers, but today’s
developers, weaned on Microsoft Visual Studio want integrated
development environments.

“At the recent Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, it was
decided to start making Eclipse, the open-source development
platform, the Visual Studio for Linux…”

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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