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The NetBeans' Birthday Celebration!


NetBeans Birthday October 26th is NetBeans' eighth birthday! We are celebrating for the whole month of October and YOU get the presents! Join us for stories about the history of NetBeans, quizzes, and prizes! The big prize at the end of the month will be the release NetBeans 5.5 and packs to the developer community!



Contests

We'll have quizzes this month based on NetBeans history and prizes for the first person to answer each quiz correctly. Hint: The answers to most quiz questions appear in the articles on this page.

  1. NetBeans History Quiz -- 5x USB drive and NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt (CLOSED!)
  2. Feature quiz -- 1x Apple iPod and 5x NB 5.5 T-shirt (CLOSED!)
  3. Community Quiz -- 5x NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt
  4. A quiz contributed by community members -- Prizes are NetBeans IDE Field Guide (2nd Edition) and NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt

NetBeans History & Features

Projects

Companion
Projects:
MySQL Database Server   Open JDK: an Open SourceJDK   GlassFish Community: an Open Source Application Server    Mobile & Embedded Community    Open Solaris   java.net - The Source for Java Technology Collaboration   Open ESB - The Open Enterprise Service Bus Powered by