The Effect Of Eclipse And The JTC On BI Applications

There's a good article at the DW Institute about the impact Eclipse (the open-source Java IDE) and the Java Tools Community will have on the custom BI applications market. According to the article;

"The controversy generated by the so-called Java Tools Community (JTC) is having its impact on business intelligence. Some of the biggest movers and shakers in the JTC its ten member companies include Oracle Corp. SAP AG, and SAS Institute Inc. are also strong BI competitors.

Ironically, all three companies are also members of another development tool initiative, called the Eclipse project, that some see as a competitor to the JTC. The reality, say representatives from SAS and Oracle, is that both initiatives will help to reduce a lot of the pain when building BI applications using Java or Java-related technologies."