Stories about: Equinox

OSGi runtime software, which serves as a critical cog in the Eclipse Foundation's open source tools platform, has been enabled to run with the Android SDK for mobile applications. But proponents still could use assistance via APIs from those in charge of the Google-backed Android initiative.

In a bid to drive open source adoption in Asia, the Eclipse Foundation and the Apache Software Foundation have joined forces for the first ever open source community conference to be held in the region from November 26-30, 2007.

Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation for open source developer tools, is a frequent interview subject at IDG. Given the popularity of Eclipse and its having attracted just about every major computer technology company, perhaps frequent updates from Milinkovich are appropriate. Paul Krill met with Milinkovich at the EclipseCon 2007 conference last week to get perspectives on Eclipse and issues such as the recent open-sourcing of Java.

The Eclipse Foundation at the EclipseWorld 2006 conference this week plans to tout the progress of open source projects focused on desktop application development, PHP (Hypertext Processor) and embedded Java.

IBM Corp. on Tuesday took the wraps off it first prepackaged Linux cluster offering, a set of hardware and software that will be aimed at businesses running technical and scientific applications, as well as fast-growing dot-coms in need of a scalable Web ations, as well as fast-growing dot-coms in need of a scalable Web server.

Turbolinux Inc. and Equinox Systems Inc. have agreed to combine software products and joinly participate in marketing activities. This agreement sees Linux migrate further into additional software markets.