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Eclipse Members’ Meeting

Eclipse Members’ Meeting. December 20, 2005 Via teleconference 613 287 8000 866 362 7064 passcode 955770#. Agenda. Introduction and Welcome Executive Director Report – Mike Milinkovich Project Update – Bjorn Freeman-Benson Project Spotlight – Data Tools Project – John Graham

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Eclipse Members’ Meeting

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  1. Eclipse Members’ Meeting December 20, 2005 Via teleconference 613 287 8000 866 362 7064 passcode 955770#

  2. Agenda • Introduction and Welcome • Executive Director Report – Mike Milinkovich • Project Update – Bjorn Freeman-Benson • Project Spotlight – Data Tools Project – John Graham • Add-in Providers Requirements • EclipseCon 2006 - Bjorn Freeman Benson • Marketing Update – Ian Skerrett

  3. Executive Director Report Mike Milinkovich

  4. Welcome to New Members • Strategic Developers • Compuware • ZEND • Add-in Provider • AccuRev • Black Duct Software • Business Object • Cape Clear Software • Intalio • Laszlo Systems • Lattix • LogicBlaze, Inc. • LynuxWorks • Nexaweb Technologies, Inc • Mergere, Inc • TietoEnator Telecom R&D Services • Associate Member • Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)

  5. Eclipse by the Numbers • 120 Members • 17 Strategic Members • 87 Add-In Provider Members; • 16 Associate Members • 9 Top level projects • 50 sub-projects (plus 4 proposed) • 550+ committers; 30+ organizations

  6. New Eclipse Foundation Staff New Staff • Ward Cunningham – Director, Committer Community Development Current Staff • Mike Milinkovich - Executive Director • Skip McGaughey - Director, Eclipse Ecosystem • Sharon Wolfe - Office Manager • Ian Skerrett - Director, Marketing • Denis Roy - Manager, IT (webmaster) • Bjorn Freeman-Benson - Technical Director • Janet Campbell - Manager, Intellectual Property • Wayne Beaton, Eclipse Evangelist • Matt Ward, Web and IT Guy • Ralph Mueller, European Eco-system • Donald Smith, Director Ecosystem Development

  7. Staffing: Current Organization Chart

  8. What Have We Been Doing in Q4? • Launch of new web site redesign • Project dashboard • Develop more tools for committers • Planning for EclipseCon • 2006 budget and programs

  9. Eclipse Financials • Budget for 2006 (excluding EclipseCon) • Projected Revenue: $4.4M • Projected Expenses: $4.5M

  10. Programs for 2006 • Supporting the projects • Symposiums and project meetings • New project kick-starts • Infrastructure improvements (dashboard, bugzilla) • IP process • Support the committer community • Committer community development (led by Ward) • Committer meetings • Infrastructure improvements (collaboration tools)

  11. Programs for 2006 • General Marketing • PR Agency (including PR agency in Europe) • Analyst Relations (Redmonk, Forrester, Gartner) • Market Research • Case studies • Supporting a commercial eco-system • Develop a community portal to help promote the membership and ecosystem • Eclipse seminar series • Webinars • Target list of trade shows (ESC, JavaOne, OSCON)

  12. Eclipse Awards • Individual Awards • Top Contributor • Top Committer • Top Ambassador • Technology Awards • Best RCP Application (Open source and commercial) • Best Developer Tool (Open source and commercial) • Best Deployment • Nominations are open until January 27 • Awards announced at EclipseCon

  13. Development Highlights • Eclipse Roadmap v2 • Being worked on by Councils • To be approved by the Board in March meeting • Callisto Release • Continuing focus on being predictable • Continuing focus on commercial adoption

  14. Elections • Terms of office are from April 1st to March 31st • Next year will see an increase in the elected representatives • 4 elected committer reps • 4 elected add-in-provider reps • Key dates: • December 21st: Nominations open. • January 18, 2005: Nominations close. • January 27, 2005: List of nominees and their personal pages made available on www.eclipse.org. • February 13, 2005: Voting begins. • February 24, 2005: Voting ends. • March 6, 2005: New representatives announced

  15. Project Update Bjorn Freeman Benson

  16. Q4 Project Changes • SOA Tools Top-Level - proposal updated • TPTP - 4.1 Release Review was successful • WTP - 1.0 Release Review was successful • WTP  JavaServer Faces - provisioned • BIRT - 2.0 Release Review scheduled • DSDP  Mobile Tools for Java - proposal posted • Technology & Platform  Equinox move to Platform - provisioned • Technology  Java Workflow Toolbox - proposal updated • Technology  Dynamic Languages Toolkit - proposal posted • Technology  Open Healthcare Framework - provisioned • Technology  BEPL-Designer - provisioned • Technology  Phoenix - 1.0 Release Review was successful • Technology  Native Application Builder (eWideStudio) - proposal updated • Technology  Process Framework (Beacon) - Creation Review scheduled • Technology  Dash, Tools for Committers - Creation Review scheduled • Technology  Supplement Widgets for SWT (Nebula) - Creation Review sched. http://www.eclipse.org/projects/quarterly-project-changes-report.php

  17. Project Structure • Platform • Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools Platform • Data Tools Platform • Device Software Development Platform • MJT eWideStudio • (incubation) SOA Tooling Platform • Test and Performance Tools Platform • Tools • CDT GEF • EMF COBOL • Visual Editor UML2 • Web Tools Platform • JavaServer Faces • Technology

  18. Project Status

  19. Dashboards • http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dashboard/

  20. Dashboad

  21. Next N Releases • http://www.eclipse.org/projects/timeline/

  22. Review Schedule • http://www.eclipse.org/projects/ • also an RSS feed

  23. Release Reviews & IP Project Log • http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/release-review.php • New emphasis (thanks to Janet) on the IP Log • http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/project-log.php • Section 1 (Committers) • Section 2 (Developers) • Section 3 (Third Party Software) • Should be available on all project websites (Q1) • Available for all past Release Reviews • http://www.eclipse.org/projects/previous-release-reviews.php

  24. Callisto Simultaneous Release

  25. Callisto Simultaneous Release • http://www.eclipse.org/callisto • The projects collectively decided to simultaneously release ten of the major Eclipse projects in June. • BIRT, CDT, DTP, EMF, GEF, GMF, Platform, TPTP, WTP, VE • This will be a new valuable characteristic of Eclipse projects. • This is a major commitment by the projects to work at the boundaries between projects. • To make this work, the projects need help from the community (that’s you) in testing and reporting problems early in the cycle. • The Foundation is going to host a contest (with prizes!) around Callisto bug reports.

  26. Project Spotlight: Data Tools Project John Graham, DTP PMC Lead

  27. DTP is A set of extensible frameworks and exemplary tools for data-centric applications.

  28. Current Projects • Model Base • Connectivity • SQL Development Tools

  29. Model Base • EMF models used in DTP • Data domain specific • Current set: • SQL • Database Definition • Coming soon: • SQL Query

  30. Connectivity • Driver management framework • Connection management framework • Sample connection profiles • JDBC • Derby customizations • Data Source Explorer (DSE) • Open Data Access (ODA)

  31. SQL Development Tools • SQL Editor Framework • Results View Framework • SQL Editor • Execution Plan • Script History

  32. Progress So Far • Planned two milestones Q4 this year: • Posted M1 on November 11th • M2 on target for December 22nd • Joined Eclipse Release Train • Callisto project • DTP will continue to provide synchronized builds • Two more milestones for Q1 next year • First release – 0.7 – just before EclipseCon

  33. Beyond 0.7 • Continue with Callisto synchronization • Release again with Eclipse 3.2 platform • Possibly 1.0 release with initial API statements • Probably two releases per year going forward • Additional maintenance releases as required

  34. For More Information • Data Tools web site: eclipse.org/datatools • Mailing lists • Newsgroup • Lots of code in CVS: home/datatools

  35. Participation Opportunities • Always welcoming more help for existing code line • Looking for new ideas • Driver Definitions and Connection Profiles for data sources

  36. Add-in Provider Requirements

  37. Eclipse Add-in Provider Requirements Sept. 2005 • More complete branding control, completely remove 'Eclipse' name from files etc. • Catalog of Add-in providers • OS awareness • Business Solutions Message • Market research • Reduce footprint size (memory) • Core framework installer for RCP and install metadata store (par w/JRE & .NET) • RAD tooling for RCP

  38. Add-In Provider Feedback In Prep. For 12/2005 BOD Meetings • Eclipse as an "Ingredient Brand" • RCP as a viable framework for suites • Depth of Commercial Adoption through a Community Portal • Management and Developer Seminars • Market Research • Marketing Symposiums • Common Collateral • Member Value Case Studies • Business Model Development • Member Meetings - Continue to grow

  39. EclipseCon Update Bjorn Freeman Benson

  40. Where, When, and How Much • http://www.eclipsecon.org/ • March 20-23, 2005 • Santa Clara Convention Center • Member prices: $725, $825, $925, $1095 (Dec 31, Feb 14, Mar 19) • Break-even • Sell out at 1,500 (last year was 1,000) • Six keynotes and plenaries • Five parallel session rooms • Three tracks: User, Developer, Business • Long and short talks to maximize content • Sponsored Tutorials • More talking time between and around events

  41. Great Technical Content

  42. The Long and Short Of It • “Open Source” proposal model • Variant of Bugzilla (Eclipsezilla) used for submissions • 31 Tutorials selected • 30 Long Talks and Panels selected to date; will be 50-60 when the hard-working program committee finishes • 75-90 Short Talks to be selected by mid February • Eclipse Awards • And lots more community events…

  43. EclipseCon Exhibitor and Sponsorships • Goal is to allow small and large companies to easily exhibit at at EclipseCon. • Turnkey pedestals reduce the overall cost • Gold Sponsor - $16,000 • 4 turnkey pedestals • Identification as Gold sponsor in conference literature • Pre and post show mailing to attendee list • Conference bag insert • 8 exhibitor passes • Silver Sponsor - $8,000 • 2 turnkey pedestals • Identification as Silver sponsor in conference literature • 4 exhibitor passes • Individual Pedestal - $3000 • 1 turnkey pedestal • Other Sponsorship opportunities available • Contact Ian Skerrett to reserve booth space or for more information

  44. What Can You Do? • Propose a Short Talk about anything of interest to the Eclipse community • Promote and Advertise • Sponsor EclipseCon • Attend – You and Your Staff

  45. Friends of EclipseCon

  46. Marketing Update for Q4/ 2005

  47. Press Releases in Q4 • Zend and Compuware Join as Strategic Member • EclipseCon Keynote Speakers • Eclipse Foundation Announces Support for OSGi Service Platform R4 Specification • Web Tools Platform 1.0 Release

  48. Sample Press Coverage • Ward Cunningham Joining Eclipse • Microsoft Executive Leaving to Join Open-Source Consortium, eWeek • Wiki creator quits Microsoft, joins Eclipse, ComputerWorld • Business Pubs Coverage • Ballmer Talks Tools, eWeek, Nov. 16 • Open Source Moves Up, CIO Magazine, Nov. 15

  49. Press Plans for Q1 • Planned press releases • EclipseCon Gold Sponsors • BIRT 2.0 Release • EclipseCon press releases • Recruitment effort to ensure press and analyst attend EclipseCon

  50. Eclipse RCP Webinar • Sponsored Webinar with SD Times • 600+ registered • 220 attendees; lots of questions • Next Webinar Jan. 18 ‘Contributing to the Eclipse Community’ by Bjorn

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