In addition to incorporating features from Project Matisse, the NetBeans 5.0 IDE provides comprehensive support for building Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE), Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) and Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) applications. This latest version also supports a variety of technology packs that differentiate it from other developer tools including the NetBeans Enterprise Pack for SOA development and UML modelling support, and the NetBeans C/C++ Pack for developing native applications for Solaris, Linux and Windows Operating Systems.

"With more than 9 million downloads of NetBeans, NetBeans is demonstrating momentum in the market," according to Tim Cramer, director of Java Tools, Sun Microsystems. "The adoption of Matisse for MyEclipse by Genuitec is further demonstration that NetBeans continues to offer innovative, high-quality IDE features. And, the healthy competition in the Java tools ecosystem is driving productive features into the hands of developers faster than ever."

The third annual NetBeans Software Day is a free event taking place on Monday 15 May 2006 at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. James Gosling, the father of Java technology, and other Java technology luminaries will be present to discuss the NetBeans software and the future of Java developer tools.