Awards

Best of Open Source in Software Development
InfoWorld - 09/10/07
NetBeans won an InfoWorld "Bossie" award as "Best Enterprise IDE." Eclipse wins on market share, but NetBeans is our winner on merit.

2007 Technology of the Year Awards: Application Development
InfoWorld - 09/11/07
Sun NetBeans 5.5 won a 2007 Technology of the Year Award for "Java IDE Innovator" from InfoWorld.

SYS-CON Media Announces the 2007 Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards
Java Developer Journal - 08/16/07 Sun won 2007 Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards for best Java Technical Article, best Java Virtual Machine and best Java Web Service Toolkit.  Sun was also a finalist in 13 other categories.

July 3, 2007: SYS-CON Media Announces 2007 SOA World Reader's Choice Awards Best App Server: Java System Application Server, Sun Microsystems

June 19, 2006: StarOffice, eWeek Product Excellence Award Winner
In the category of Productivity Applications, the eWeek Excellence Awards judges were looking for products that do more than just copy Microsoft's Office suite. Sun's StarOffice 8 does just that, offering unique features and a multiplatform system that uses ISO-standard OpenDocument Format (ODF).

Jolt Award: Best Development Environment: NetBeans 5.5 IDE

Jolt Productivity Winner: Collaboration Tools: NetBeans IDE

Jolt Productivity Winner: Mobile Development Tools: NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5

Jolt Productivity Winner: Best Web Development: NetBeans Visual Web Pack

InfoWorld: Java IDE Innovator

O'Reilly ONJava: Winner, Java IDE Platform

Codie Award: Best Software Development Solution: NetBeans 4.1

Jolt Award: Productivity Award for NetBeans IDE

Java Developer's Journal: Editors' Choice