Editing Eclipse (software) (section)

===Name===
According to Lee Nackman, [[Chief Technology Officer]] of IBM's [[Rational Software|Rational division]] (originating in 2003) at that time, the name "Eclipse" (dating from at least 2001) was not a wordplay on [[Sun Microsystems]], as the product's primary competition at the time of naming was [[Microsoft Visual Studio]], which ''Eclipse'' was to eclipse.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Eclipse-Behind-the-Name |title= Eclipse: Behind the Name |date= 20 May 2005 |access-date= 11 August 2008 |author= Darryl K. Taft |work= eWeek.com |publisher= Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings |archive-date= 2 January 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130102122012/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Eclipse-Behind-the-Name |url-status= live }}</ref>

Different versions of Eclipse have been given different science-related names. The versions named after [[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]], [[Europa (moon)|Europa]], and [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]], which are moons of [[Jupiter]], were followed by a version named after [[Galileo]], the [[Galilean moons|discoverer]] of those moons. These were followed by two sun-themed names, [[Helios]] of Greek mythology, and [[Indigo]], one of the seven colors of a rainbow (which is produced by the sun). The version after that, Juno, has a triple meaning: a [[Juno (mythology)|Roman mythological figure]], an [[3 Juno|asteroid]], and a [[Juno (spacecraft)|spacecraft to Jupiter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=336942#c22 |title=Naming Indigo +1 |last1=Sharma |first1=Ankur |date=14 February 2011 |website=Eclipse |access-date=4 July 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225055659/https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=336942#c22 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]], [[Moon|Luna]], and [[Mars]] continued the astronomy theme, and then [[Neon]] and [[Oxygen]] constituted a theme of [[chemical elements]]. [[Photon]] represented a return to sun-themed names.

{{As of|2018}}, the alphabetic scheme was abandoned in order to better align with the new Simultaneous Release strategy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jaxenter.com/eclipse-photon-wayne-beaton-interview-146150.html |title=An interview with Wayne Beaton, Director of Open Source Projects at the Eclipse Foundation: "Eclipse Photon marks the end of an era" |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2018-06-28 |website=jaxenter.com |access-date=2019-09-16 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102152241/https://jaxenter.com/eclipse-photon-wayne-beaton-interview-146150.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Releases are named in the format YYYY-MM to reflect the quarterly releases, starting with version 4.9 named 2018-09.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.eclipse.org/SimRel/Simultaneous_Release_Cycle_FAQ#What_is_the_naming_pattern_for_the_releases_.3F |title=Simultaneous Release FAQ |date=9 March 2018 |website=Eclipse |access-date=2 March 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044048/https://wiki.eclipse.org/SimRel/Simultaneous_Release_Cycle_FAQ#What_is_the_naming_pattern_for_the_releases_.3F |url-status=live }}</ref>