JAVA VS. MICROSOFT .NET DEBATE RAGES LAS VEGAS -- After describing Java as a stable technology with no great surprises likely to come, Java experts during a conference panel session fielded questions about the competitive power of Microsoft's rival .Net platform. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C1872C:1F60395 ====================================================================== IBM: ECLIPSE FACES CHALLENGES AHEAD BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Eclipse will have to deal with its own success and the challenges that success presents, said Lee Nackman, a CTO and vice president at IBM Rational Software who was involved in founding the open source platform. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C18729:1F60395 ====================================================================== JAVA STAVING OFF .NET, SPRING FOUNDER SAYS LAS VEGAS -- J2EE technology is in a very healthy state, staving off the rival .Net platform and fostering innovation, said Rod Johnson, founder of the open source Spring Framework for Java development, in a presentation on Friday. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C1872A:1F60395 ====================================================================== ECLIPSE CHIEF TALKS UP PROJECTS, AWAITS SUN AND MICROSOFT The Eclipse Foundation for open source tools held its technical conference, EclipseCon 2005, in Burlingame, Calif., the week of Feb. 28. Stressing its momentum, the organization touted participation frrm vendors such as BEA Systems, Borland Socqftware, Computer Associates International, and Sybase. Mike Milinkovich, a former Oracle vice president of technical services, became the first executive director of the independent foundation when Eclipse was spun out of IBM last year. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill discussed Eclipse goings-on and impacts with Milinkovich. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C1872D:1F60395 ======================================================================
