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"Eclipse wants to be the framework for all tools. Oracle disagrees with that," said Ted Farrell, chief architect and director of strategy for Oracle's tools division. "There should be a common API (application programming interface) so people can plug into all frameworks easily."

A common API "for all frameworks"? What the heck is he smoking? Maybe Sun and Oracle will find the OMG as they search - the OMG was last seen creating CORBA extensions that no one cared about....