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[[wikipedia:NetBeans|NetBeans]] is an [[netbeans:Main_Page|open source project]] that develops [[NetBeans Platform]] and an IDE based on top of it. [[User:JaroslavTulach|I]] am the last [[NetBeans]] founder still working on the project even now, when it has been moved to [[Apache]]. | [[wikipedia:NetBeans|NetBeans]] is an [[netbeans:Main_Page|open source project]] that develops [[NetBeans Platform]] and an IDE based on top of it. [[User:JaroslavTulach|I]] am the last [[NetBeans]] founder still working on the project even now, when it has been moved to [[Apache]]. | ||
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+ | [[NetBeans]] started as a student project called [[Xelfi]] at [[Charles University]] in middle of nineteen nineties. It turned into a company lead by Roman Staněk in late summer of 1997: | ||
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+ | In October 1999 [[SunBuysNetBeans|Sun Microsystem bought NetBeans]]. In May 2000 [[Sun]] turned [[NetBeans]] software into [[Open source]] project. | ||
In April 2009 when [[IBM]] was close to acquire [[Sun]], we (internal [[Sun]] developers working on [[NetBeans]] and community evangelizing it and making money on selling trainings and support for the [[NetBeans Platform]]) got really scared and started to seek for a rescue plan. We even set a wiki (not this one, different, independent) up with a hope to form independent organization to continue development of the [[NetBeans Platform]]. | In April 2009 when [[IBM]] was close to acquire [[Sun]], we (internal [[Sun]] developers working on [[NetBeans]] and community evangelizing it and making money on selling trainings and support for the [[NetBeans Platform]]) got really scared and started to seek for a rescue plan. We even set a wiki (not this one, different, independent) up with a hope to form independent organization to continue development of the [[NetBeans Platform]]. |