Nokia joins open-source Eclipse

Source: Techworld

Summary:
Nokia has joined the open-source Eclipse Foundation, and will head a project to build a mobile tools framework based on Java.

Eight full-time engineers from Nokia will be put on Eclipse where they will complete tooling support for J2ME and produce tools to help create mobile Java applications. Nokia said it will donate several components of its existing Java tools technology as well as develop new software for both MIDP (Mobile Information Device Profile) and CDC (Connected Device Configuration) Java applications. Both open source and commercial tools are expected to arrive later this year or early next year.

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