Zend launches beta testing of the new version of Zend Studio, codenamed Neon. The product is based on the Zend Studio technology as well as the Eclipse PHP Developers Tools (PDT) project.
Zend hopes that switching to the Eclipse platform will provide these benefits:
Standardization (the ability to develop applications in many languages without changing the IDE)
Plugins (more than 800 pieces)
The power of the open source movement in the development of new technologies