Article: Eclipse Aims for Smaller, Faster, Simpler; Panelists debate whether a code overhaul is needed for an Eclipse 4.0.

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November 7, 2007
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RESTON, Va.--A major overhaul of the Eclipse code base may be a long time off, but it's on the minds of some of the leaders of the open-source tools platform.

During a panel discussion at the EclipseWorld 2007 conference here Nov. 6, some of those leaders--including Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation--spoke hypothetically of an Eclipse 4.0 that would be a significant improvement over the current platform.

"If we do an Eclipse 4.0, it has to be smaller, faster, simpler" than the Eclipse platform of today, and would have to be "even more maniacally focused on being a platform," Milinkovich said.

A new code base was one of several issues addressed by the panel, ...

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