On: Developing NASA's mission software with Java

[tedchs]

Warning, article is product placement for Netbeans. Author bio at the bottom: "Geertjan Wielenga is a principal product manager in Oracle for NetBeans".

[bitmapbrother → tedchs]

No it's not. It just happens to be the IDE they use at NASA - probably because it's made by Oracle and meets their requirements.

Additionally, the article is about how:

>Four of NASA’s top engineers explain the role that Java, JavaFX and NetBeans play in NASA’s space missions.

Hardly what I would call product placement.