Creators of Maven, the popular build and release framework and repository,
demonstrate commitment to Eclipse IDE
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonatype, the leader in Java
development infrastructure, today announced that they have joined the
Eclipse Foundation as a Strategic Developer. Sonatype will now have a seat
on the Board of Directors and on the Eclipse Planning and Architecture
council. Additionally, Sonatype has pledged to commit at least eight of
their developers full-time to developing Eclipse technology.
"We're very pleased to welcome Sonatype onto the board of the Eclipse
Foundation as a strategic member," said Mike Milinkovich, executive
director of the Eclipse Foundation. "Sonatype has demonstrated their
commitment to the open source community, and we look forward to working
closely with them to integrate the Maven and Eclipse open source
communities and provide a strong environment for Java development."
Sonatype was founded by the team behind Maven, the most popular open
source Java build and release framework and repository, with over 2 million
downloads and deep penetration of the Fortune 2,000. The company is
dedicated to easing the pain of Java software development by offering
support and tools around Maven that increase compatibility, ease dependency
tracking and reduce barriers between development environments.
"Sonatype shares the Eclipse Foundation's goal of providing and
promoting top notch open source solutions to developers, and we look
forward to working with the Eclipse Foundation closely," said Jason van
Zyl, founder and CTO of Sonatype. "In our role as a Strategic Developer, we
are committed to bringing together the technology and communities of
Eclipse and Maven, which are very complementary. We're very enthusiastic
about the prospects for combining the power and scale of Maven with the
usability and speed of Eclipse."
Sonatype will be joining the group of current strategic members of the
Eclipse Foundation, which include companies such as Oracle, CA and Borland.
As an Eclipse Strategic Developer, Sonatype will lead the eclipse.org
m2eclipse technology project, an Eclipse plugin that enables Maven support
in Eclipse and Eclipse support in Maven. The project eases the pain of Java
software developers using Maven projects, Eclipse plug-in developers using
Maven tool support, and build engineers using Maven build support, as part
of Sonatype's efforts to bridge the communities of Maven and Eclipse.
"As an organization dedicated to helping meet developer needs, we
welcome companies like Sonatype that encourage integration and
collaboration," said James Ward, Technical Evangelist for Adobe Flex and
long-time Maven user. "The open source software development community can
only benefit as Sonatype begins working more tightly with the Eclipse
Foundation."
About Sonatype
The leader in Java development infrastructure, Sonatype delivers
enterprise-class software, support and services that reduce development
time and complexity, encourage developer collaboration, and significantly
cut operating costs for organizations of any size. Sonatype incorporates
Java standards to set community-wide best-practices and enable cross-vendor
integration. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Sonatype was founded in
2007 and is privately held. For more information, please visit
http://www.sonatype.com.
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