wow. netbeams won a dukie award at this years java one. here's a nice netbeams one-pager for those that are new to the project.

the netbeam's application domain is both immense and important, potentially life critical in the big scheme of things. the ability to realiably collect, manipulate, compute, display and act upon realtime, real world, telemetry from around the world spanning aquatic and land based sensors. further, by applying jxta it will become possible to securely command-and-control such sensors from afar.

this is just the start and nothing but good things will result as continued innovative and out-of-the box thinking is applied to this and like applications. and jxta is at the heart of it all. securerly and pervassively connecting disparent data sett flowing across varying networks creating bi-directional and truly "peered" relationships.

potential next steps include leverage of the java me jxta platform, broader federation of aggregated sources of a jxta network, richer client-side interativity along with a healthy mix of authentication, quality controls and, lastly, broader deployments into like domains. all leveraging a cadre of existing and maturing communities, including at this time but not limitted to jxta se, myjxta, jxta me, jddac and others.

applications rock but the people behind it are what drives progress. without open minds and unabashed willingness to collaborate the best of ideas are merely fading conversations. the folks behind netbeams are top-shelf and thus netbeams is born and off to an incredible start.

i've truly had a great time working with a set of new faces along with some great sun colleagues, namely james liu, jim wright and tai-wei lin. these lads rocked. we came together in short order and managed already busy commitments and schedules to do our part and truly raise the bar. i very much look forward to working with these folks again pushing jxta into deeper and broader domains.

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XML == application independence
JXTA == network independence

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