The open-source project founded by IBM becomes an independent organization and announces a new board, including IBM, Intel, SAP, Ericcson and smaller companies.

Eclipse is an open-source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supported by IBM. Eclipse is a popular script creator for Java application development (Java SE and Java EE) and Android apps.

For simple applications, it's an effective Java IDE. However, BlueJ's basic interface -- which only supports Java and the Java-like Stride language -- will likely make it unfit for complex Java ...

But an independent Eclipse group faces significant challenges in continuing to expand its influence in the Java tools industry, said John Rymer, an analyst at Forrester Research.