NetBeans gave JavaA portable language running on the JVM — dominant in enterprise servers, Android, and big data. developers a free, extensible IDEIntegrated development environment — an editor with debugging, build tools, and project management built in. with GUIGraphical user interface — windows, icons, and pointers instead of typed commands. builders, Ant/MavenA Java build and dependency tool — standardized project structure and artifact repositories. integration, and modules for enterprise JavaA portable language running on the JVM — dominant in enterprise servers, Android, and big data. EE. It became SunSun Microsystems — maker of Java, Solaris, and SPARC; acquired by Oracle in 2010.'s flagship JavaA portable language running on the JVM — dominant in enterprise servers, Android, and big data. tool, later the base for early AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide. tooling research, and eventually an Apache project after Oracle's acquisitionOne company buying another — a common path for tech giants to absorb products and talent..

NetBeans was SunSun Microsystems — maker of Java, Solaris, and SPARC; acquired by Oracle in 2010.'s first sponsored open-source IDEIntegrated development environment — an editor with debugging, build tools, and project management built in. — a model Eclipse soon competed with.

It kept a full JavaA portable language running on the JVM — dominant in enterprise servers, Android, and big data. IDEIntegrated development environment — an editor with debugging, build tools, and project management built in. free when commercial tools dominated enterprise shops.