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Object Technology International
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<p>Object Technology International (OTI) was founded in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) in 1988 and acquired by <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> in 1996. OTI, in conjunction with the IBM development lab in <a href="/facts/Cary%2c_NC/wrw4LTcU">Cary, NC</a>, developed the <a href="/facts/VisualAge/5N5ow8Ad">VisualAge</a> line <a href="/facts/Smalltalk/Ru2UPVDE">Smalltalk</a> and <a href="/facts/Java_programming/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> development tools, that eventually culminated in the <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> <a href="/facts/Eclipse_ide/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> tool platform and <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment (IDE)</a>. </p><p>OTI continued to operate with many of the same employees as it did when it was purchased by IBM until 2003–2004, when it was gradually disbanded as a distinct entity and its remaining employees absorbed into IBM. </p>