> What is Eclipse IDE
Eclipse is open source IDE, very expendable, based on OSGi framework.
Its is one of the most popular IDE.
> what is the difference between Zend Studio for Eclipse and Eclipse IDE?
Zend studio for eclipse is one of the plugins that will allow you to do
php development from eclipse IDE.
> is eclipse is some what similar to .net framework
NO. Eclipse is IDE and .NET is programming language framework.
