Re: [dsdp-pmc] Urgent: Questions for tomorrow's call with SD Times

[Mark Rogalski <rogalski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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09/21/2006 05:26 PM

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Subject	[dsdp-pmc] Urgent:  Questions for tomorrow's call with SD Times

Hi DSDP project leads.
 A few of us are meeting with Eddie C from SD Times for an interview
tomorrow.
 
These are some of the
questions he is going to ask.  Mark, Martin, and Mika:  can you
prepare written answers for each of these?  Shigeki: this is option
for you, but if 
you’d like me to talk
about the NAB project, please provide some information.
 
Sorry for the last-minute
email.
 
Thanks,
 
Doug
 
From: Eddie Correia [mailto:ecorreia@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:10 PM
To: Gaff, Doug
Subject: Questions for tomorrow's call
 
Hi Doug:
 
I thought it might be helpful for you to
have the questions in advance of tomorrow’s call. 
 
I don’t make a habit of this, but since
another project lead needed them this way, I thought I’d offer you the
same. 
 
You and the other project leads have the
option of answering the questions via e-mail, but 
 
ANSWERS MUST BE IN COMPLETE
SENTENCES and 
 
must be to me NO LATER THAN 12 NOON,
FRIDAY, 9/22. 
 
It would be ideal if you could get answers
to me today, any time. 
 
The questions are fairly non-technical and
hopefully will give you no trouble.
 
IMPORTANT: Please ANSWER IN COMPLETE
SENTENCES:
 
I also would like a photo of each lead, if
available. 
 
Questions for each of the subproject leaders:
 
1- What is the planned date for the next
major release of your project? Version number?
The eRCP project plans to have
it's 1.0 release today (9/22).
 
2- What are the most important features to
be added in this release? 
The important features of this
release are that people can now download a GA level Rich Client platform
that runs on a variety of devices. The Eclipse and OSGi underpinnings provide
all the features of a plug-in architecture, as well as the rich widget
based API that enables developers to create powerful user interfaces on
devices. This is the next step up from MIDP 2.0 which has limited widget
capabilities.
 
3- What are the major benefits of those features?
Developers can now use their existing
experience and knowledge of writing Eclipse plug-ins to write embedded/mobile
applications.

4- Will anything be left out of this release,
and if so, what? 
There are a couple UI implementations
still under development. When these are ready, eRCP will be able to claim
support for additional platforms (Series 60 and Qte).  

5- When will those left-out features be added?

We are targeting the additional
UI implementations to be available next July, but they are on independent
schedules so it may be sooner.

6- The tool will run on which major operating
systems? (Linux, Windows, MacOS) 
eRCP is a runtime platform supporting
Windows, Windows Mobile 2003 & 5, and Nokia Series 80.
 
7-  The tool requires which version
of Eclipse? 
The 1.0 release of eRCP works
best with Eclipse 3.2.
 
8- The tool plugs into an existing Eclipse
install does it install a new distribution? 
N/A

9- Would you consider the project “mostly
framework” or “mostly tool” and why? 
eRCP is a runtime framwork for
installing and managing Java plugins on devices, allowing them to share
a common JVM and utilize common services. This is a big improvement over
MIDP, in which only applications in the same "suite" can share
common services.

10- What are the purpose and intended user group(s) for your project? 
The target audience for eRCP is
mostly developers and device manufacturors. These are the people who will
recognize the value of using an open platform that enables various applications
from different vedors to all run and interact together. End-users will
not experience the platform itself as directly as they will the benefits
from the the applications that are using it.

11- What other Eclipse projects does EMF
have dependencies on? 
N/A
 
12- Please provide your full name, title,
project and your role in it. 
Mark Rogalski, Senior Software
Engineer, IBM; DSDP PMC member representing
eRCP

Thanks in advance. 
 
-END
 
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Edward J. Correia
Executive Editor, SD Times
Editor, EclipseSource
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