The Future of BEA Weblogic Workshop

BEA recently introduced it’s new Eclipse-based development environment after an acquisition of M7.
This immediately raises questions about the future of the BEA Weblogic Workshop 8.1 product which by now was the development environment from BEA. The BEA Workshop Studio 3.0 FAQ elucidates the subject.

Quote from the FAQ:
“There will initially be two developer tool products, the BEA Workshop Studio 3.0 and the WebLogic Workshop 8.1 IDE. BEA had previously announced that the next generation of the BEA WebLogic Workshop