This week, NetBeans is turning 10 years old. Join me in congratulating our team and all persons involved on that project during the last decade.
I still can remember this day when I first downloaded NetBeans 1.0 beta. At that time I was using a Windows based Java text editor, Kawa … and Symantec and Microsoft where the masters of the Java IDE world with Symantec Cafe and Visual J++. For a full review of the Java IDE 10 years ago, read this article.
You can read the original NetBeans press release on lwn.net.