Re: [equinox-dev] How much effort has gone into developing Equinox

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

According to ohloh.net, 15 person years
have gone into Equinox.  This is a drastic underestimate, since Equinox
is comprised of code from the original Eclipse platform project (2000 person
years and counting), and various other code contributions. The ohloh figure
only captures the core Equinox OSGi implementation, and not the various
other equinox bundles that provide services on top:

http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3505
http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3855

As for install base, I'd venture a guess
in the range of a hundred million. The Eclipse platform built on Equinox
has millions of downloads a year, and then there are the hundreds of commercial
and open source products built on it.  This is a vast install space,
including desktop apps, server-side apps, embedded apps, etc. You'll also
find an equinox implementation or two in most linux distros. This is a
pure guess - don't quote me on it.

"Cameron Ross" <cross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hello,
 
I'm building a case for using Equinox as
opposed to in-house development of a plugin framework.  Can someone
given a reasonable estimate as to how many person hours have gone into
the development of Equinox?  Also, are there any estimates as to the
number of Equinox installations that there are out there (i.e. deployment
footprint)?  This information would help to support my arguments for
using Equinox.
 
Thanks much,
Cameron Ross
President, Symboticware
Program Lead, Interoperable Systems, MIRARCO_______________________________________________
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