Oracle joins Eclipse
by Markus Nolte
JavaWorld reports that Oracle announces strategy for promoting tools standards:
Seeking to unite disparate development camps, Oracle has announced a two-tiered strategy for promoting standardization in the tools space. First, the company is joining the IBM-led Eclipse tools initiative, which seeks to provide a universal platform for tools integration. Second, Oracle is introducing a proposal for a single API to access multiple vendors' Java-based IDEs.