Sun acquires Czech NetBeans Java development envirnometPalo Alto 27 Oct 99 NetBeans IDE products combined with products from Sun's acquisition of Forte Software will provide the million-plus Java Development Kit 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 SolarisTM Operating Environment, Linux, and Windows 98 and Windows NT are now available for download from http://www.netbeans.com/product_dl.html . "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." NetBeans development tools are a complementary extension to the Java platform providing developers from entry level to professionals with a powerful, customizable environment for developing web applications for the Internet and intranet. NetBeans Developer visually extends the Java Development Kit (JDK) and includes integrated visual design, editing, compilation, and debugging tools. NetBeans software is based on an open API, which provides an extensible platform for development of third party, customizable, modular tools for the Java platform. The current tools suite supports the Java 2 platform including JavaServer Pages, Servlet, XML, CORBA, RMI and JDBCtechnologies platform. "With more than 100,000 downloads, NetBeans is well positioned to be a leading entry level Java technology IDE on the market," said Stanek. "Being acquired by Sun now gives us the industry visibility and additional resources required to make the NetBeans Developer IDE the portal of choice for software developers who need to get productive fast."
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