CollabNet announced a distributed software development platform for Eclipse IDE-based developers on Wednesday. CollabNet Desktop, Eclipse Edition enables software engineers to collaborate globally using CollabNet Enterprise Edition as a backbone to track and manage the lifecycle of source code, project tasks and assets, CollabNet said. Free Eclipse software for distributed development is offered as part of the p CollabNet announced a distributed software development platform for Eclipse IDE-based developers on Wednesday. CollabNet Desktop, Eclipse Edition enables software engineers to collaborate globally using CollabNet Enterprise Edition as a backbone to track and manage the lifecycle of source code, project tasks and assets, CollabNet said. Free Eclipse software for distributed development is offered as part of the package.Featured in CollabNet Desktop, Eclipse Edition is use of the Eclipse Mylar task-focused UI to update and synchronize projects. Subclipse is used to version and synchronize Subversion-based code hosted in the CollabNet environment. Integration with the CollabNet Enterprise Edition enables collaboration on project tasks and artifacts through the software application lifecycle. A Web interface for CollabNet’s Cubit global virtualization solution also is featured, to allow Eclipse users to load and build software using a build and test environment. Users can access the CollabNet Desktop and related plugins for Eclipse for free here. In addition, CollabNet plans other free products this year for distributed software development, Technology Industry