Company Furthers Commitment to Mobile Open
Source Development as an Eclipse Foundation Board Member and Strategic
Developer 
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill – 22 June 2006 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and the Eclipse
Foundation, an open source community focused on providing a universal
development platform, announced today that Motorola has joined Eclipse as a
Strategic Developer Member. As part of this commitment, Motorola will hold a
seat on the Board of Directors and participate in the Architecture,
Requirements, and Planning Councils of the Eclipse Foundation.
Motorola is also working with the Eclipse Foundation to propose an Eclipse
Tools for mobile Linux (TmL) project, part of the Device Software Development
Platform (DSDP) Top-Level Project, to provide the extensible frameworks and
exemplary tools for the development of C++ applications targeting mobile
devices.
Motorola will contribute software, engineering resources, and its mobile expertise
to work with the Eclipse community and across the mobile industry, to develop a
comprehensive development environment for mobile Linux platforms. Developers
working within the Eclipse community will be encouraged to contribute expertise
and know-how to help reduce testing times and increase market-ready mobile
application development.
“With the support of the Eclipse community, Motorola hopes to drive frameworks
and tools to support all phases of the application lifecycle for developers
creating and deploying C/C++ applications targeting mobile Linux platforms,”
said Christy Wyatt, Vice President Ecosystem Development, Motorola Mobile
Devices. “Over time, we hope the Eclipse TmL project will provide a home for
mobile Linux extensions across a wide range of existing and future Eclipse
projects.”
“Mobile Linux is an extremely compelling initiative and Eclipse is pleased
to be working towards offering developers extended options to develop in
this environment,” said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director, Eclipse
Foundation. “Working with Motorola, a mobile industry leader with a strong
developer ecosystem, allows us to merge their wireless expertise with our
technology platforms to create a seamless offering for the Mobile Linux
developer community.”
Motorola’s membership in Eclipse is another important step in reaching the
company’s goal to further awareness and adoption of Linux in the mobile space.
Last week, Motorola and industry leaders announced their intent to build a
Linux-based platform for mobile devices and create a foundation to support it.
In addition, Motorola recently launched MOTODEV, Motorola's new global
developer and ISV program, as well as open source.motorola.com, a new resource
aimed at sharing source code, original Motorola open source projects and new
ideas and information with developers around the world. The site features
source code, including kernel and drivers, for Motorola’s Linux-based
devices. It also features Java technology including Java®
test frameworks, sample test cases, and will soon host code, documents, and
specifications for Motorola-lead JSRs (Java Specification Requests) such as
MIDP 3.0 (Mobile Information Device Profile).
Source: Motorola press release
