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Wow, after 15 years or whatever it is, I never made the connection between Eclipse and Sun!
by hacking_again 9y ago
Wow, after 15 years or whatever it is, I never made the connection between Eclipse and Sun!
- raverbashing 9y agoEven more curiosly, Sun never saw a full solar eclipse in the US
- bm98 9y ago> "According to Lee Nackman, Chief Technology Officer of IBM's Rational division (originating in 2003) at that time, the name 'Eclipse' (dating from at least 2001) was not a wordplay on Sun Microsystems, as the product's primary competition at the time of naming was Microsoft Visual Studio, which Eclipse was to eclipse." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Name
- hacking_again 9y agoHaha yes, don't bite the hand that feeds you.