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The Register is reporting that Borland is open sourcing JBuilder:

The Register: Borland Software is releasing code from its core JBuilder integrated development environment (IDE) into the Eclipse open source community after a surprise drop in first-quarter sales.

I don't think there is any reason to use JBuilder any more. It's over priced and under featured. The last time I saw someone using it (and used it briefly in pair programming) was last year, right before Zhicheng switched to Eclipse. Although he's quite good at using it, it is still painful to watch. What could have been accomplished in IDEA with one keystroke takes four or five.

I understand that there are quite a few big companies out there that are still quote-and-quote standardized on JBuilder as their Java IDE. Maybe its time to change?