From: Michael Kircher <Michael.Kircher@...>
Date: 2001-10-26T23:52:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23460] Re: GUI for Ruby


I can only confirm what Chris wrote. I spoke to an OTI sales rep
on Wednesday and he also mentioned that Eclipse is (will be)
open-source.

Michael

Chris Grindstaff wrote:

> Friday, October 26, 2001, 9:48:26 AM, Robert Feldt wrote:
> RF> On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Chris Grindstaff wrote:
>
> >> Eclipse and the SWT framework are in the process of being
> >> open-sourced.  Currently SWT runs on Windows and Linux with ports being
> >> discussed to the MacOS.
> >>
> RF> Do you have a ref to the info that it will be open-sourced? I read about
> RF> Eclipse some time back and thought it looked great but got the impression
> RF> it was to remain closed. If I was wrong this is great news for Ruby.
> RF> OTI has a track record of doing seriously cool stuff...
>
> RF> Regards,
>
> RF> Robert
>
> Robert,
>        I don't see anything on their site.  They've been very vocal on
>        their newsgroup about open-sourcing it. I've also spoken with
>        some of their folks in person who have assured me it will be.
>
>        Unfortunately at the moment their newsgroups are password
>        protected....
>
>        Last I remember, it was expected to occur before years end.
> Chris
> --
> Chris Grindstaff
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