Wow, I close my eyes for just a second and two months go by. Here at UNL we're already starting to think about final exams and classes for next semester. Some of the progress made by both Sun and the Campus Ambassadors this semester has been astonishing. First of all, I'd like to point out that the UNL Open Source User Group has been steadily growing and is excited about all the new features and enhancements in Netbeans 6.0. I've been doing a lot of word-of-mouth evangelism with peers and professors lately, and all have been very impressed. Personally, I think that the Ruby support in Netbeans is phenomenal; just another example of how this IDE is so powerful and yet so flexible. It's amazing how many different technologies the Netbeans IDE actually supports. And they're constantly adding more (a PHP plugin is on its way!).
It's also not a bad time to mention that Project Indiana is already turning heads. We're still a few months from the final release, but a developer preview is out and is said to be worlds better than previous versions of OpenSolaris. Traditionally as a non-Linux/Unix user, I'm excited that Sun is making the Solaris operating system easier to use and more developer-friendly. I'll keep you posted when I get it installed.
It's also not a bad time to mention that Project Indiana is already turning heads. We're still a few months from the final release, but a developer preview is out and is said to be worlds better than previous versions of OpenSolaris. Traditionally as a non-Linux/Unix user, I'm excited that Sun is making the Solaris operating system easier to use and more developer-friendly. I'll keep you posted when I get it installed.
