"The big thing about Web 2.0 is its ability to scale on large clusters of commodity machines and that's the grid aspect of this technology. So now you can build rich apps but scale them horizontally," Yared said.

The company has not yet determined which level of Eclipse membership it will seek. Chief membership levels include Strategic Members, which view Eclipse as strategic; Add-in Provider members, which view Eclipse as an important part of their strategy, and Associate Members, which is for non-profit organizations, standards bodies, universities and other similar members participating in development of the Eclipse ecosystem.