====== E4 and RCP4: Desktop and Web from one source ======

Back at EclipseCon, one of the big news items had to do with the proposed [[eclipse>E4|Eclipse 4]], or E4 feature set.  But I think that the true story behind E4 [[http://rauschma.blogspot.com/2008/04/online-eclipse-e4-lack-of-imagination.html|isn't just about running Eclipse in a browser]], but in something much more interesting than that.

===== The real E4 story =====

E4 isn't just a very cool AJAX framework--it's the ability to write rich client applications that deploy to a desktop or a browser from the same code base.

And __this__ is interesting.

Which is why I'm attending the upcoming [[eclipse>E4/Summit|E4 Summit]].  And why I've switched to a bliki--a cross between a blog and a Wiki--to make it easier to both blog and [[rcp:home|write about E4]].

===== E4 is the Community's Platform =====

I can't make RCP4 happen by myself.  IBM can't make E4 happen by itself.

Come and join us!  Jump in--the coding's fun and the water's warm!

Please add comments with your ideas, thoughts, and critiques, preferably over on the [[rcp:home|RCP page]].

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