After Eclipse, NetBeans Now Targeting Borland JBuilder Users
With Borland no longer a major player in the Java IDE market, it's but natural for Borland JBuilder enthusiasts to start looking elsewhere. NetBeans has decided to target this migrating market and announced a free migration program from Borland JBuilder to NetBeans, writes the content team at indicthreads. NetBeans has put up manuals for how to make a clean migration from JBuilder to NetBeans and is also organizing a 2 day promotional workshop on the subject. Sun Developer Services is offering JBuilder users free access until October 14, 2006 to the Sun Developer Expert Assistance (DEA) program, an email–based service for getting programming advice, best practice guidance, sanity checks, and workarounds.
Not long back, NetBeans put up an import module for Eclipse users as well as case studies on Eclipse to NetBeans migration. There's even a dedicated "Switch" section at netbeans.org with a banner saying "Are you still in the dark? Shed light on your Java development". With many Java IDE vendors dropping out of the race in the last few years, it's now looking more like a Coke vs Pepsi battle in the Java IDE market. Read full story.