There will be no Eclipse for Sun, as the networking giant has opted out of joining IBM's applications-development platform. There will be no Eclipse for Sun, as the networking giant has opted out of joining IBM’s applications-development platform....

As the Eclipse open-source tools initiative leaves the cradle of its IBM-led consortium to become an independent, nonprofit corporation, it deserves a second look from those who have previously pooh-poohed its potential. As the Eclipse open-source tools initiative leaves the cradle of its IBM-led consortium to become an independent, nonprofit corporation, it deserves a second look from those who have previously pooh-poohed its potential. Eclipse creators, partners and users who meet this week at the EclipseCon event are now free to follow any path that enterprise needs and technology opportunities combine to offer....

Sun: 'Secret Negotiations' on Eclipse Continue. sun secret negotiations on eclipse continue. Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday formally addressed the lingering question of whether company would join the newly independent Eclipse Foundation and the answer remains : Maybe. Simon Phipps, Sun Microsystems Inc.’s chief technology evangelist, addressed a somewhat wary crowd at the EclipseCon 2004 conference here Thursday and told them that although Sun has no intentions of making any Eclipse products, the company would still be interested in joining the Eclipse Foundation if certain "business conditions" were met....

The Eclipse Foundation accepted its first mobile vendor, Nokia, to its board of directors, officials announced Monday. The Eclipse Foundation accepted its first mobile vendor, Nokia, to its board of directors, officials announced Monday. The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer, which joins the open source Java tools group as a strategic developer member, plans to donate several components of its own developer software tool to launch a mobile Java application project at Eclipse, submitted for approval today....

Exploratorium Broadcasts Total Solar Eclipse From China. research solar eclipse china. There is nothing like a total solar eclipse to bring you to your knees, gapping at the sheer overwhelming immensity and majesty of the solar system.. There is nothing like a total solar eclipse to bring you to your knees, gapping at the sheer overwhelming immensity and majesty of the solar system. Over 10,000 people trekked the 16 hour bus ride into inland China to be in the path of totality for this solar eclipse. For full solar eclipse watching clear skies are everything....