Comments on: The Plugin Problem http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tecosystems » Fear of an RIA Planet: The Chrome Q&A http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-465751 tecosystems » Fear of an RIA Planet: The Chrome Q&A Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:05:01 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/#comment-465751 [...] is a victim of its own success. The plugins make Firefox successful, but they also introduce potential instability for users and they can hinder development (the transition to 3.0, for example, negatively impacted [...] [...] is a victim of its own success. The plugins make Firefox successful, but they also introduce potential instability for users and they can hinder development (the transition to 3.0, for example, negatively impacted [...]

]]> By: tecosystems » Friday Grab Bag: Pedro, Mozilla, iPhone, and More http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-331797 tecosystems » Friday Grab Bag: Pedro, Mozilla, iPhone, and More Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:08:36 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/#comment-331797 [...] of plugins, I’ve written before of the catch to the approach: namely that misbehaving extensions can confer an unwanted reputation [...] [...] of plugins, I’ve written before of the catch to the approach: namely that misbehaving extensions can confer an unwanted reputation [...]

]]> By: dave shields http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-4629 dave shields Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:01:23 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/#comment-4629 IBM's Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), like Eclipse, uses the plugin model. UIMA is now an "incubator" project at Apache: http://incubator.apache.org/projects/uima.html IBM’s Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), like Eclipse, uses the plugin model.

UIMA is now an “incubator” project at Apache:

http://incubator.apache.org/projects/uima.html

]]> By: dave shields http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-4628 dave shields Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:57:39 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/22/the-plugin-problem/#comment-4628 Perhaps the main innovation in Eclipse was to implement an architecture based on the notion of plugins, and to provide a way to manage the plugins. For example, a single Eclipse application can support the use of multiple versions of the same package. The licensing was also innovative in that it required that the core framework remain open-source while explicitly allowing the creation of proprietary plugins that can be licensed under a commercial license. Eclipse is IBM's most succesful innovation in the open-source space to date. There is now a quite large ecosystem around it. Eclipse has also helped spur academic research in that it provides "flash on the glass," allowing researchers to focus on their core innovation without having to spend most of their time developing an infrastructure just so they can run their new application. Perhaps the main innovation in Eclipse was to implement an architecture based on the notion of plugins, and to provide a way to manage the plugins. For example, a single Eclipse application can support the use of multiple versions of the same package. The licensing was also innovative in that it required that the core framework remain open-source while explicitly allowing the creation of proprietary plugins that can be licensed under a commercial license.

Eclipse is IBM’s most succesful innovation in the open-source space to date. There is now a quite large ecosystem around it.

Eclipse has also helped spur academic research in that it provides “flash on the glass,” allowing researchers to focus on their core innovation without having to spend most of their time developing an infrastructure just so they can run their new application.

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