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We’re thrilled to share an exciting milestone with the community: Eclipse Temurin has reached over 500 million cumulative downloads as of October 31, 2024! This achievement reflects the growing trust and reliance of the Java community on Temurin as a secure, high-performance, TCK Certified, and high-quality OpenJDK runtime. Reaching this...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am in the middle of a trip across Europe that started at DevCon in in Bucharest, Rumania and continued to SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy. Right now, I am on my way to Milan and Turin to talk at...

This was the 24th edition of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON) in Bolzano. I is a free event that attracts visitors mostly from Northern Italy, Austria and Switzerland. This year, there were about 1000 registered attendees. All the sessions at the conference are 15-minute long lighting talks happening...

I have been to Bucharest several times speaking at various conferences. Devcon was a new experience, even if it is organized by the same team as some of the other ones I have spoken at. It is a two day conference with multiple tracks, or stages, that vary a little...

The election for the JCP Executive Committee started today! All JCP Members eligible to vote have received an e-mail with voting instructions. Don’t wait – cast your vote today! The ballot will close at 11:59 PM PST on November 18 We would appreciate if you cast your vote for Eclipse...

Theia AI, Sirius Web and SysON, Contribution Award to STMicroelectronics and EclipseSource, and new releases of Theia, Sprotty, JKube and Open VSX

Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I had six days at home in October. November will give me thirteen days at home, and no long-haul flights planned. But there will still be quite a bit of traveling around Europe. On the first trip, I will...

Setting the Stage for Open Source Collaboration Across Industries On 22-24 October in Mainz, Germany, the Eclipse Foundation’s new flagship conference, Open Community Experience (OCX) , gathered 430 open source enthusiasts from more than 35 countries. OCX 2024 featured a variety of collocated events addressing key topics in the open...

Last week, the Eclipse Foundation community came together for the first ever Open Community Experience (OCX). This new flagship event brought together innovators, developers, and enthusiasts from around the globe. As a new event, we had the opportunity to develop and unveil a comprehensive campaign and visual identity that represents...

Open VSX, the only open source, vendor-neutral registry for VS Code extensions, now includes support for deprecating extensions—adding flexibility and transparency for both publishers and users.