“Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced it has acquired NetBeans
Ceska republika a.s., a Czech Republic joint stock company
(NetBeans), by means of an asset purchase. NetBeans is a
leading developer of cross-platform Java-based integrated
development environments (IDE). NetBeans IDE products combined with
products from Sun’s acquisition of Forte Software, Inc., also
announced today, will provide the million-plus Java
Development Kit(TM) (JDK(TM)) software customers with software
choices that range from entry-level offerings for individual
developers and students to enterprise-class offerings for team
development. Sun will also provide customers with the expert
consulting and support services they need to dot-com their
businesses.”
“Free versions of NetBeans Developer IDE for the Solaris(TM)
Operating Environment, Linux, and Windows 98 and Windows NT are now
available for download…”
“NetBeans is a leading Java IDE for the Linux community,” said
Roman Stanek, NetBeans founder. “Whether developers are running
Linux, Solaris or Windows, there is a free version of NetBeans Java
IDE available to them over the Internet from Sun.”