Congrats to all of you, and for a wonderful ecosystem and friendships over the years. ____________________________
John Yeary ____________________________ *Orange Bees* *Principal Software Engineer* ____________________________ <http://javaevangelist.blogspot.com/> <https://twitter.com/jyeary> <http://www.youtube.com/johnyeary> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jyeary> <https://plus.google.com/112146428878473069965> <http://www.facebook.com/jyeary> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/JavaEvangelistJohnYearysBlog> <http://netbeans.org/people/84414-jyeary> "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 5:49 AM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > As stated on Twitter by Jaroslav Tulach: "Exactly twenty years ago Sun > announced it had acquired NetBeans." > > https://twitter.com/JaroslavTulach/status/1185802997835714561 > http://wiki.apidesign.org/wiki/SunBuysNetBeans > > As a result, we're running a session right now for Oracle engineers in > Prague who at one time or another have been involved in NetBeans over the > years: > > https://twitter.com/netbeans/status/1186941772980805633 > > I know we've celebrated other implementations of "20th birthday", but > there's always a good reason and the above acquisition by Sun (thanks James > Gosling!) is as good as any. :-) > > Gj >
