Developer.com publishes the list of winners of the 2005 product competition:
The Winners Are ...
TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEARJAVA 2 Standard EditionTM 5.0 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Development Tool of The Yeareclipse from the Eclipse FoundationRunner Up: Sun Javatm Studio Creator from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Enterprise Development Tool of The Year Java J2EETM from Sun Microsystems Inc. Runner Up: Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET from Microsoft® Corporation
Development Utility of the Year of The Year Firefox 1.0 from Mozilla Runner Up: Altova XMLSPY® 2005 from Altova
DBMS or Related Technology of The Yearibm Cloudscape V10.0 from IBM
Wireless / Mobile Development Product of the yearj2metm Wireless Toolkit 2.2 from Sun Microsystems Inc. WIRESTEMS INC.
Web Service or Related Tool of The Year Java Web Service Developer Pack from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java Tool of The Yearsun Javatm Studio Creator from Sun Microsystems Inc.
.NET TOOL / Add-IN of The Yearthe Mono Project Sponsored by Novell Open Source Tool of The YearnetBeans IDE from NetBean.org
Sun's Moment in the Spotlight I think the results of this contest show that Sun has been rewarded by developers for the effort they have put into their products over the past year. Why did they win? A few years back, Sun set out a product roadmap for developers that called for a range of products and technologies to match the diverse needs of different developer constituencies. Over the last year, Sun has delivered on this vision. By expanding its product line with brand new offerings like Java Studio Creator and stepping up its commitment to the NetBeans open source project, the creator of Java has brought to market a broad and innovative line of products In addition, as the steward of Java, Sun deserves credit for bringing two blockbuster releases of the Java platform to fruition:. J2SE 5.0 And J2EE 1.4. Sun Is Also Pioneering A New Development Model, Moving To Subscription Based Pricles, Tools, Reasoning Tools Need More Than Just Good Tools to Work with; They Need Suppirl RT, Tutorials, Examples, etc.http: //developer.com/java/ent/Article.php/3483116
