And the winner is NetBeans IDE but it does not stand alone. This is the category where the product with the next highest number of votes was less than 2% behind the winner.
Comments from a few of the nominators regarding NetBeans were:
Eases development with the best out-of-the box experience and management
Supports Java desktop, mobile, enterprise, and web application development as well as Ruby, C/C++, and JavaScript
Innovative features such as JRuby/Ruby on Rails and .Net support
Most improved tool compared to last version
Runner-up: Eclipse IDE
Comments from a few of the nominators regarding the Eclipse IDE were:
Best all around Java development environment/IDE. Also works well with other technologies—ANT, and so forth
One of the best pieces of software out there with an outstanding number of developers using, developing, and extending for the greater good of all
JSR (Java Specification Request)
The finalists were:
JSR 223: Scripting for the Java Platform
JSR 241: The Groovy Programming Language
JSR 249: Mobile Service Architecture 2
JSR 277: Java Module System
JSR 318: Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1
And the winner is 223: Scripting for JavaTM Platform. One of the nominators selected it because:
Extends the Java platform with scripting technology
Standard API between Java and conforming scripting languages
Basis for JRuby, Quercus, and so on
.NET Tool or Add-in
The finalists were:
Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0
Glassfish Web Services Interoperability Technology
Microsoft® Expression BlendTM
Microsoft® SilverlightTM
Visual SVN
And the winner is Glassfish Web Services Interoperability. The Web Services Interoperability within Glassfish allows data interoperability between .NET and Java. Considering how Java technologies has dominated this process, it is not surprising that this tool would win the .NET category.
Open Source Tool
The finalists were:
Apache Wicket
Java SE 6
JBoss Application Server
NetBeans IDE
Subversion
The winner is Subversion. Comments from a few of the nominators were:
Ease of use, the ability to support distributed teams without any administration headaches, and enterprise-class scalability have made Subversion the preferred solution for many distributed projects.
Works remotely and can integrate with ActiveDirectory security
Stability, Flexibility, Multiplatform support, great user base support/Community Suport, feature Rich, and has a great front end.
Security feature is amazing.
Just introduced advance merge tracking is simply awesome.
Can be used to version all data, not just source code
Subversion can be used by the strong and skilled professionals as well as by complete beginners.
Finalists are listed in alphabetical order and do not signify their ranking within the category.
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