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| <h1>The NetBeans' Birthday Celebration!</h1> |
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| October 26th is NetBeans' eighth birthday! We are celebrating for the whole |
| month of October and YOU get the presents! Join us for stories about the |
| history of NetBeans, quizzes, and prizes! The big prize at the end of |
| the month will be the release NetBeans 5.5 and packs to the developer community! </p> |
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| <h2>Contests</h2> |
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| <p>We'll have quizzes this month based on NetBeans history |
| and prizes for the first person to answer each quiz correctly. |
| Hint: The answers to most quiz questions appear in the articles |
| on this page. |
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| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/competition/bday-quiz/history-quiz.html">NetBeans History Quiz</a> -- 5x USB drive and NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt (CLOSED)</li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/competition/bday-quiz/ide-quiz.html">Feature quiz</a> -- 1x Apple iPod and 5x NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt (CLOSED)</li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/competition/bday-quiz/community-quiz.html">Community Quiz</a> -- 5x NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt (CLOSED)</li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/competition/bday-quiz/contributed-quiz.html">A quiz contributed by community members</a> -- Prizes are <i><a href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/NBFieldGuide.html">NetBeans IDE Field Guide</a></i> (2nd Edition) and NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt (CLOSED)</li> |
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| <h2>NetBeans History & Features</h2> |
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| <li>NetBeans <a href="https://netbeans.org/about/history.html">History page</a></li> |
| <li>NetBeans'First <a href="https://netbeans.org/about/press/46.html">Press Release</a> |
| <li>Interview with one of NetBeans Founders, |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/yarda-tulach.html">Yarda Tulach</a> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/download/flash/why-netbeans-part1/player.html">Why NetBeans? (Part One)</a> |
| A cool Flash demo by Roman Strobl about the basics of NetBeans (includes NetBeans demos) |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/download/flash/why-netbeans-part2/player.html">Why NetBeans? (Part Two)</a> |
| Second part of the cool Flash demo by Roman Strobl with demos of advanced features of NetBeans. |
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| <h2>Write Your Own Quiz</h2> |
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| <p>Write your own quiz about NetBeans! If we use it, we'll send you a copy of |
| <i>NetBeans: The Definitive Guide</i> (2nd Edition) and NetBeans 5.5 T-shirt. |
| Hurry, we have to review and use it during the month of October! |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/about/contact-form.html">Send in a NetBeans Quiz</a>. |
| Be sure to put "Birthday Quiz" in the subject line.</p> |
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