Eclipse Europa and MyEclipse 6.0

Eclipse 3.3 or Europa is out since a few days.

After many years of downloading and using almost every single Milestone release I started this year using MyEclipse. It is just convenient and it comes with some very compelling plug-ins.

Going through the new features for Europa and especially the fact that a new MyLar (or new name MyLyn) comes with the release makes it very tempting to switch back to the "pure" Eclipse usage. The only think I would missing is the in my eyes very good MyEclipse Wep Application and Application server integration plug-in.

According to a blog entry on MyEclipse Blog MyEclipse is already working on an update that builds on Eclipse 3.3 (Europa). So lets see how fast we get MyEclipse 6.0.

Music at Work: Shostakovich

Classical music is always a good background at work if I need to shut off from office noise around me. Structured music like for example from Johann Sebastian Bach helps thinking in an concentrated way. Recently I purchased Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99. This music is different from the classical music I usually listen to. Shostakovich wrote the Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, Opus 107 in 1959 (see also the article on Wikipedia). At the first I was listening to the recording I thought I might regret getting the CD. But then I got to the Cello Concerto which turned out to be a fascinating piece of music.