NetBeans Community Reaches 100,000+

Hi all,

Just a little information update for you:

This week the NetBeans.org project has reached a yet another milestone. 
The first and most mature open source Java IDE on the market has grown 
into the premier software development tool community and platform 
worldwide.

There are now 100,000+ developers on NetBeans.org mailing lists 
<http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html> and participating in 
the open source project. Recent rave reviews of the upcoming and 
extensible NetBeans IDE 4.0 <http://www.netbeans.org/products/ide/> and 
NetBeans Platform 4.0 <http://www.netbeans.org/products/platform/> 
framework is aiding not only the adoption of Java but opening doors and 
eyes to the viability of open source projects across multiple market 
segments.

As an open source pioneer with products based on 100% pure Java, the 
philosophy of interoperability, standards and the belief in 
incorporating the latest technologies, our open community remains at the 
forefront.

Announced at the first ever NetBeans Day at JavaOne 2004 was a 
contribution by Sun of approximately 350,000 lines of code valued at $14 
million from its commercial Sun Java Studio Standard integrated 
development environment (IDE) to the NetBeans open source project. This 
contribution plays a vital role in the NetBeans 4.0 
<http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/40/beta.html> release and 
assures a leading role in the future of Java mobile, web and desktop 
application development.

In the few weeks time that the NetBeans 4.0 beta has been available 
there have been tens of thousands of downloads by developers spanning 
the globe and anticipating the upcoming release. Get the latest release 
or test drive the 4.0 betas today. Click here 
<http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html>.