Dana Gardner recently sat down with Damion Heredia, director of product management at Lombardi and Maher Masri, president and co-founder of Genuitec to understand the impact of Eclipse on ISVs. A true test of a software development environment’s worth is in how well it benefits ISVs in reducing complexity, cutting costs and in helping them remain competitive in fast-moving markets, says Dana. “ISV adoption is the ultimate litmus test for an IDE’s success in the long run,” he adds.

The two companies have different customers. Lombardi is a Business Process Management (BPM) solutions provider and maker of the TeamWorks suites, while Genuitec serves the developers within ISVs with its popular MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench productivity tools. Dana questions Heredia and Masri on why they use Eclipse now, and what they expect in the future for ISVs as they seek the best way to create compelling software products. Dana also learns why these executives see an escalating productivity boost from Eclipse 3.2, how Eclipse and Microsoft .NET play well together, and how the Eclipse Rich Client Platform may further simplify ISV choices and reduce costs in the future.