Four and a half years ago, IBM led the creation of the Eclipse open source project with a 40 million USD contribution of technology. In 2004, IBM helped launch the Eclipse Foundation as an independent not-for-profit organization.
Recognizing the massive growth in the number of software developers worldwide now utilizing Eclipse and its associated open source projects and plug-ins, IBM today is announcing it is piloting a support offering for developers using Eclipse as their primary development environment. The pilot program is aimed at customers who want their development teams using both open source Eclipse and commercial Eclipse-based tools such as IBM Rational software. IBM's experienced customer support professionals will help individual developers work in a mixed software development environment, while providing the focus and support for management teams looking to govern their software development process.
