SAP Netweaver development studio is based on Eclipse

Eclipse: An Open source Extensible Development Environment

• Eclipse is an open source framework for integrated development environments(www.eclipse.org)
• Eclipse has its roots in work performed ny IBM
• Eclipse is an open consortium of J2EE and development environment players
• SAP has joined the Eclipse consortium

SAP Netweaver development studio is built on top of Eclipse

• Complete set of tools with Eclipse user interface look and feel
• Allows customers and partners to extend the tooling environment through the plug-in architecture of Eclipse
• Offers an individual and personalized access to the various development tools through Eclipse perspective (customized toolsets)
• Seamless integration of ll development tools into SAP's development infrastructure (design-time repository, change management, software logistics)
• SAP Netweaver Developer Studio for 6.40 Web AS is based on Eclipse 2.1