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Addition of Borland and others to Eclipse board eases fear of IBM control
THE ECLIPSE PROGRAMMER'S WORKBENCH has shifted from being just another open-source project to being a rallying point for Java developers and a counterweight to Microsoft's .Net development environment.
At the second annual EclipseCon user group meeting this week, Borland Software Corp. will reveal that it has joined the Eclipse Foundation's board as a "strategic developer" member. Borland will contribute $250,000 a year to the foundation and provide software code and expertise for...