Special credit is given to
for releasing the source code of NetBeans IDE to the public and paying the salaries of many people involved in this project.Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Additional credit is given to following people who contributed to this project (in alphabetical order and independent of amount of their contributions):
Mauro Botelho <mbotelho@ccsc.com> Benoit Cerrina <benoit.cerrina@writeme.com> Jayme C. Edwards <angjh@execpc.com> Kees van Ginkel <kees_van_ginkel@nl.compuware.com> Robert Greig <user@rgreig.freeserve.co.uk> Jonathan Keller <jhkeller@ucdavis.edu> Jun Luo <junluo@nuance.com> Roger Martin <neuralworks@home.com> Gerrit Riessen <Gerrit.Riessen@web.de> Michael Ruflin <mruflin@gmx.de> Wiebe Ruiter <weeb@weeb.com> Thomas Singer <thomas.singer@regnis.de> Evan "Hippy" Slatis <Evan.Slatis@nl.compuware.com> Ted Stockwell <ted.stockwell@acxiom.com> Alan Tai <Alan.Tai@chase.com> Lukas Tadial <lukas.tadial@email.cz> Gili Tzabari <l8r@email.com> Compaq Computer Corporation (several individuals) <NetBeans@compaq.com>
Many thanks also go to people who contributed ideas or gave time to help others on the mailing lists.