I work for an IBM business partner, and I was at a meeting at IBM which focused on their new WDSc (WebSphere Development Studio client) which is just a special set of plugins built on Eclipse (www.eclipse.org).
I complained that their built-in Java environment lacked many features that Idea had (IBM does however have many impressive proprietary plugins). I also mentioned how the JetBrains crew was close to the developer community, and how you implement our suggestions and bugfixes so quickly, and in general, how great it is to be an Idea user. Then someone at IBM asked, "Why don't they write Idea as a plugin for Eclipse?" So my question is: why don't you? AFAIK the Eclipse License allows propriatary plugins, and if Idea were a plugin, then all the other plugins for Eclipse (and Eclipse itself) are no longer COMPETITORS to Idea, instead they become an ASSET. IBM already has HUGE support from BIG 3rd party companies (QNX, Rational, Borland, TogetherSoft, WebGain, RedHat, SuSE), and Eclipse could easily become a "standard" for Java/Web development. Wouldn't it be better to be on the same team and benifit from their efforts? Is this crazy? impossible? Or a great idea staring us in the face? As always, thanks for your time, and for Idea. -mark _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
