I am a big fan of CFEclipse. I use it pretty much every day and using it opened up a whole new world for me. Before, I was a file editor, happily editing files. Now, I use an entire technology stack built on eclipse that make me productive, efficient, source-controlled and test-driven. Life is good.
One thing I really like about CFEclipse is I do not have to pay to install it. Thus, I have it on 5 computers. I don’t often use all 5 at once, I’m no mutant, but I like the freedom to work on whatever I want, at whatever location I want. There’s more, you know. I could gush all day long about the benefits of CFEclipse. But I have a point to make.
Recently on the CFEclipse mailing list, someone started a discussion on Let’s Pay for CFEclipse. Some good points were brought up during the discussion and I also found out about the SuperCoolApparel available at http://www.cafepress.com/cfeclipse. 
However, the best way to show gratitude is by cutting a check. So today I made my first monetary donation to CFEclipse and I feel great about it.
I’d often thought of making a donation but just never actually clicked the CFEclipse Paypal Button (at the bottom of that page, if you are looking for it). So a big thanks to Rick Faircloth for starting the Let’s Pay for CFEclipse thread. It was a great motivator for me to donate to a project that has really provided me with significant benefits over the last 3 years.