With NetBeans, I get to focus on scripting and performance, while the Eclipsoids have to go deal with politicking and smoke filled rooms. Move on, nothing more to read about.

Paris because she told you this would happen if IBM was involved.

Well, who pays the piper calls the tune. These whiners should start spending the same serious money on Eclipse that IBM does (and has since the beginning).

To be honest, when only IBM was involved, Eclipse sucked a lot less.

PS: I shall not bash lesser platforms like Netbeans ;-)

of netbeans and eclipse community working closer together, since at the end of the day both ides are the same kind of wheel.

In my point of view the same plugin api would be a good start.