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Recently EclipseZone had the pleasure of speaking with Todd Williams, currently a member of the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors and one of the founders of Genuitec. After you read the interview you can come back here to leave your comments or ask Todd additional questions. Here's an excerpt:
The management team had a gut wrenching decision to make in 2002 as we were trying to reposition the company towards Eclipse development. As I recall, Maher, Wayne and I were sitting in a Starbuck's fleshing out the ideas behind MyEclipse and the subject of price came up. Earlier in the conversation we had already agreed that MyEclipse would be different from other J2EE IDEs because it would be affordable for individuals, not just big corporations. But, that didn't give us "the number".
EZ Interview: Todd Williams
URL: Todd Williams interview
At 10:06 PM on Oct 25, 2005, Ed Burnette
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