OTTAWA, Canada, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ganymede Release Encompasses 23 Project Teams and 18 Million Lines of Code

The Eclipse Foundation and the entire Eclipse community are pleased to announce the availability of the Ganymede Release, the annual release train developed by the Eclipse community. The Ganymede Release is a coordinated release of 23 different Eclipse project teams and represents over 18 million lines of code.

Ganymede delivers improvements and key features in the following areas:

- Equinox and Runtime Projects - Modeling Features - Developer Tools - Support for SOA

Availability

The projects in the Ganymede Release are now available for download. Seven Eclipse Packages have been created to make it easier for developers to download multiple projects. Please visit http://www.eclipse.org/ganymede for more information.

Supporting Quotes

"Once again the Eclipse community has delivered our annual release train and continues to deliver innovative software in a predictable manner," said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. "New features like the Equinox p2 provisioning system, new modeling tools and tools that support SOA developers will be popular features for Eclipse users."

The Ganymede Release will be a major topic at Eclipse Summit Europe (http://www.eclipsesummit.org/summiteurope2008), which is going to take place on November 19-20, 2008, in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

About the Eclipse Foundation

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Press Contact: Chantal Yang, Page One Public Relations, Chantal@pageonepr.com, +1-650-565-9800 x752