Oh come on, Vince, don't play dumb. I'm saying that they're developed and given away free in order to support the *Java* platform, for webapps, mobile, and desktop. That's obviously in Sun/Oracle's self- interest, which explains why they offer NetBeans. With Eclipse, I think there was an effort to legitimize and evangelize an Eclipse application platform, written in Java but using SWT and other add-on technologies from the Eclipse Foundation (such as OSGi).
--Chris On Nov 24, 2:59 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 23, 7:58 pm, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Anyways, I get the sense that IDEs have become strategic assets essential > > to the well being of specific platforms, and are usually developed by those > > platforms' sponsors and usually given away for free to foster development > > for that platform. IDEA, as independent pay-ware, is something of an > > anachronism here. > > You're saying that Eclipse and NetBeans are given away free for the > strategic purpose of promoting Windows, Unix and Apple platforms by > the sponsors of those platforms? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
