Motorola Joins Eclipse Foundation With New Tools for Mobile Linux(R) Project

Motorola Joins Eclipse Foundation With New Tools for Mobile Linux(R) Project

June 22, 2006

Company Furthers Commitment to Mobile Open Source Development as an Eclipse Foundation Board Member and Strategic Developer

    LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., June 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and the Eclipse Foundation, an
open source community focused on providing a universal
development platform, announced today that Motorola has
joined Eclipse as a Strategic Developer Member. As part of
this commitment, Motorola will hold a seat on the Board of
Directors and participate in the Architecture,
Requirements, and Planning Councils of the Eclipse
Foundation. 

    Motorola is also working with the Eclipse Foundation to
propose an Eclipse Tools for mobile Linux (TmL) project,
part of the Device Software Development Platform (DSDP)
Top-Level Project, to provide the extensible frameworks and
exemplary tools for the development of C++ applications
targeting mobile devices.  

    Motorola will contribute software, engineering
resources, and its mobile expertise to work with the
Eclipse community and across the mobile industry, to
develop a comprehensive development environment for mobile
Linux platforms. Developers working within the Eclipse
community will be encouraged to contribute expertise and
know-how to help reduce testing times and increase
market-ready mobile application development.  

    "With the support of the Eclipse community,
Motorola hopes to drive frameworks and tools to support all
phases of the application lifecycle for developers creating
and deploying C/C++ applications targeting mobile Linux
platforms," said Christy Wyatt, Vice President
Ecosystem Development, Motorola Mobile Devices.  "Over
time, we hope the Eclipse TmL project will provide a home
for mobile Linux extensions across a wide range of existing
and future Eclipse projects." 

    "Mobile Linux is an extremely compelling
initiative and Eclipse is pleased to be working towards
offering developers extended options to develop in this
environment," said Mike Milinkovich, Executive
Director, Eclipse Foundation. "Working with Motorola,
a mobile industry leader with a strong developer ecosystem,
allows us to merge their wireless expertise with our
technology platforms to create a seamless offering for the
Mobile Linux developer community."      

    Motorola's membership in Eclipse is another important
step in reaching the company's goal to further awareness
and adoption of Linux in the mobile space.   Last week,
Motorola and industry leaders announced their intent to
build a Linux-based platform for mobile devices and create
a foundation to support it. In addition, Motorola recently
launched MOTODEV, Motorola's new global developer and ISV
program, as well as opensource.motorola.com, a new resource
aimed at sharing source code, original Motorola open source
projects and new ideas and information with developers
around the world. The site features source code, including
kernel and drivers, for Motorola's Linux-based devices.  It
also features Java technology including Java(R) test
frameworks, sample test cases, and will soon host code,
documents, and specifications for Motorola-lead JSRs (Java
Specification Requests) such as MIDP 3.0 (Mobile
Information Device Profile). 

    About Motorola

    Motorola is known around the world for innovation and
leadership in wireless and broadband communications.
Inspired by our vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of
Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay
connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information,
and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by
designing and delivering "must have" products,
"must do" experiences and powerful networks --
along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune
100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had
sales of US $36.8 billion in 2005. For more information
about our company, our people and our innovations, please
visit  http://www.motorola.com

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    For more information, please contact:

     Sharen Santoski 
     Motorola, Inc.
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