July 5, 2007 - CapableObjects and CodeGear in partnership
CodeGear and CapableObjects have partnered to take CodeGear’s ECO, Enterprise
Core Objects into the future. CodeGear ECO has been a feature of
Borland/CodeGear Delphi since 2002 and will continue to be a key feature set in
Delphi Architect going forward. The CodeGear ECO technology is an innovative
model powered application framework, and is used by developers around the globe
to build data driven applications in wide variety of industries.
CapableObjects, formerly the Borland/ECO development team, will now be entirely
focused on continuous development of CodeGear’s ECO technology, and plans to
deliver a steady stream of new innovative features to the ECO customers around
the globe. "As a small and agile company we will be able to cater to the
specific needs of the ECO users and model driven development. We already have
significant improvements lined up for ECO IV in CodeGear’s upcoming “Highlander”
release, and many new features in the pipeline", says Jan Nordén, CapableObjects
CTO, and original CodeGear ECO architect.
Today, ECO III is available with CodeGear Delphi 2006 Architect, and ECO will
continue to be a key feature in Delphi for .NET’s future. “The creation of
CapableObjects means two things: continued ECO innovation,
integration, and inclusion in CodeGear Delphi and RAD Studio, and the
opportunity for Capable Objects to expand the ECO technology and product line
into new markets. This partnership is a win for developers,
CapableObjects, and CodeGear,” says Michael Swindell, Vice President of Products
at CodeGear.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is ECO?
A: ECO is an innovative framework for .Net, allowing developers to build
applications based on a class model. The model controls many aspects of the
application including business object behavior, persistence, database creation,
maintenance, and UI. ECO supports building both rich client applications, and
web based (ASP.Net) applications.
Q: What are the benefits of using ECO?
A: Through the use of models and the rich framework behaviors, developers can
build simple or complex business application much faster, and with fewer
defects. More importantly, the ECO framework is designed for change, allowing
developers to rapidly implement changes driven by changed business needs.
Q: Why did CodeGear spin out ECO?
A: CodeGear spun out the ECO team as a separate company in order to
give the technology a chance to expand into new markets and to become available
to a broader base of users. ECO is too powerful and valuable a
technology to remain tied to a single IDE and toolset, so CapableObjects was
formed to let the ECO technology grow and expand in new ways that can only
benefit ECO and the developers that use it. The creation of
CapableObjects was the result of mutually agreed upon decision and CodeGear and
CapableObjects are close partners.
Q: Will CodeGear continue to ship ECO with Delphi?
A: Yes, CodeGear will continue to ship ECO with future Delphi. ECO is a critical
technology for Delphi for .Net developers going into the future, and CodeGear
plans to continue to tightly integrate ECO into the RAD Studio product.
Tools and technologies like ECO are a key factor to making CodeGear RAD
Studio the highly productive development environment that it is.
CodeGear and CapableObjects will continue to work very closely together to see
to it that the combination of ECO and RAD Studio is a powerful, productive
development platform.
Q: Is ECO still a CodeGear technology?
A: Yes, ECO was developed by CodeGear and remains a CodeGear technology; however
thru this partnership CodeGear has entrusted the continued development and
innovation of ECO to CapableObjects who will be taking the technology to the
next level and to additional markets.
Q: Who are behind CapableObjects?
A: CapableObjects is a venture backed startup located in Stockholm, Sweden
founded by the former CodeGear ECO R&D group and expanded with additional
resources.
Q: Will CapableObjects develop ECO versions intended for other .NET
IDE’s, such as Visual Studio?
A: Yes, CapableObjects are researching and developing plans to bring ECO to
other IDE’s in additional to CodeGear’s RAD environments.
Q: What will the next version of ECO contain?
A: The next version of ECO (ECO IV) will contain support for the .NET 2.0 and
ASP.2.0, and new features such as VCL.NET support, EcoDataSource, aligning the
OCL type system to .NET, as well as a long list of performance and usability
enhancements. We’ve also listened to long time users of ECO and included full
source code of the runtime framework. ECO IV will be the key features of the
“Highlander” Architect edition aka RAD Studio Architect
Q: When will I be able to try out ECO from CapableObjects?
A: Today you need to be a field tester of the next version of CodeGear Delphi.
In the not to distant future this might change so please visit
www.CapableObjects.com to sign up
for the CapableObjects Newsletter to stay informed on availability.
Q: Where can I read more about the ECO technology?
A: Please visit www.CapableObjects.com
for more information and a list of links to communities, blogs and other ECO
sources.
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