> To date, they've almost all failed. Eclipse is an example of an immensely successful plug-in architecture-based software. It's amazing how well plug-in eco

> To date, they've almost all failed. Eclipse is an example of an immensely successful plug-in architecture-based software. It's amazing how well plug-in ecosystem in Eclipse operates. For instance, I could install the PyDev plug-in and have an intelligent Python editor -- but at the same time the EGit plug-in provides seamless git integration that works with any language! How all these plug-ins come together and play nice with each other to create a cohesive and powerful IDE is impressive!