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Oracle Outlines Plans for Sun Products, Casts Doubt on NetBeans

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the oracle-grinding-a-fresh-new-roast dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that a recent FAQ released by Oracle outlines the plans for many of Sun's popular products like GlassFish, MySQL, and NetBeans. Many are worried at some of the possible avenues the decisions outlined could lead to, especially with respect to NetBeans. "What should have happened, Oracle should not have missed a beat and should have announced work on Oracle plugins for NetBeans and active Oracle support of NetBeans. This type of announcement would have brought a large and some-what skeptical NetBeans community much closer to Oracle. It would have been a big win for Oracle. NetBeans will continue to grow either way - but Oracle has missed a big chance to really change perceptions and at the same time move their tools to another level. What JDeveloper lacks is buzz, a wealth of community developed plugins, a wealth of support for other languages and a very, very large community. And of course it does not offer a platform in the NetBeans and Eclipse sense of the word. This is a huge missed opportunity for Oracle."

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  1. not interested in the near valueless crap by rubycodez · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    still waiting for Oracle to decide on the substantial Sun product's direction. the ones that were worth billions, now in limbo, even losing value without an announced plan

  2. Re:NetBeans? Really? by jDeepbeep · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and I've been on Eclipse since I started doing real projects.

    And the dogma wars begin. I would mod you flamebait if I had points left for the day.

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  3. Re:NetBeans? Really? by qoncept · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Really? That's lame. I stated nothing but facts. I used NetBeans in school, I use Eclipse now that I do real projects. And the original point was I didn't realize anyone used NetBeans for real projects. Not that I've been paying attention.

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  4. Re:NetBeans? Really? by Hognoxious · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Shut up. You're obviously an emacs user and as such are an inconsequential twat.

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  5. Re:Netbeans just isn't there by kaffiene · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's just rubbish. I moved to NB from Eclipse because NB works better for me (and not just for J2EE, either, most of my work is client-side)