If other independent software vendors start to use the Eclipse client "platform," corporate customers will have greater flexibility in choosing their desktop operating system, O'Grady said.

ECLIPSE FOUNDATION has released a new version of the Eclipse IDE marking the 13th annual simultaneous release of Eclipse projects. How do you download Eclipse Photon IDE?

Have a listen as we learn why very different large software tools, platform, and runtimes providers are hip to Eclipse. And they also see Eclipse as a model of other software projects to come.