I found the link at the bottom of that page to be much more interesting: <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-eclipse-ebay1/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-eclipse-ebay1/i...</a>
Not a whole lot of detail here - there is a much more detailed history/expansion here: <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.addsimplicity.com%2Fdownloads%2FeBaySDForum2006-11-29.pdf&ei=EU_SSdT8Mo7g6gPx-d2kBA&usg=AFQjCNF04TT6k3T8qXGaQpo_isPbvO_Fpg&sig2=DD01ElGxFm-kGnxgEXN47Q" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&...</a> (PDF)