Re: Red Hat, Sun finally buddy up on Java

On Nov 5, 11:11 pm, Mark Space <marksp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> > One can't help but wonder whether the next step is the integration of
> > NetBeans into Eclipse...
>
> I doubt it.  This move is centered on the server space.  More likely
> you'd see a merger of JBoss and Glassfish, or at least a feature swap.
> (But even a merger of those, I don't see as very likely.)  I don't see
> anything that points at one side giving up their desktop IDE.

Mark & Lew:

Perhaps a solution to keep everyone happy would be for the NetBeans
team to follow on Borland/CodeGear's footsteps? NetGear would be able
to contribute and impart their own kind on magic to an Eclipse base.

Competition is extremely im****tant, and I would be very worried to see
Eclipse swallowing everybody else, the way they did with JBuilder.

The one item in my wish list is that all Java IDE providers:

 - Had a common directory and file structure for projects
 - Allowed me to easily keep all the *.java files in a separate
directory, accessible by all the IDEs that I use.

As long as we have these annoying and counterproductive
incompatibilities -such as a *.form file that can only be read by the
original creating IDE- many developers are going the Microsoft route.

-Ramon