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 <h1>Series: Meet the Dream Team Members</h1>
 <span style="font-style: italic;">(In January 2007, we announced the 11
 charter members of the <a
  href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/NetBeansDreamTeam">NetBeans
 Dream
 Team</a>, a community-oriented group of highly skilled NetBeans users
 devoted to promoting NetBeans and working on the NetBeans Project. In
 these interviews discover who they are, why they are passionate about
 NetBeans and what goals they have for the NetBeans project.)<br>
 <br>
 <br>
 </span>
 <h1>Edgar Silva</h1>
 <img alt="Edgar Silva"
  src="../../../images_www/articles/dreamteam/edgar-silva.png"
  style="width: 261px; height: 286px;" align="left" hspace="10"
  vspace="5">
 <h5>Please
 tell us a bit about yourself.</h5>
 I work for Red Hat in Brazil as a Solutions Architect in the Sales
 Engineers Department. I am responsible for many areas related to JBoss
 products in Brazil, such as helping customers to use JEE, SOA and
 Middleware technologies properly. <br>
 <br>
 Additionally, I have been actively helping the Java Community in Brazil
 (<a href="http://www.soujava.org.br/">SouJava</a>) since 2004. Before
 that, I was the founder of the Belém Java User
 Group (BelJug). Belém is my native city, and located in
 the Amazon region. Nowadays, BelJug is now known as SouJava
 Belém.<br>
 &nbsp;<br>
 <h5>Can you describe your introduction to NetBeans?</h5>
 I tried NetBeans 3.x for the first time in 2002 when I was a Java
 training instructor. At that time, teaching Java Web Development with
 NetBeans was great because even resources to create new TagLibraries
 was available in the IDE. So it was really easy for students to focus
 on relevant issues and not spend as much time configuring XMLs and
 descriptors. Working in NetBeans even helped people who were studying
 for Sun's Java Web certification. <br>
 <br>
 But I became an official NetBeans user in 2004 after working with my
 friend Cláudio Miranda at Caixa Economica Federal's Project, and
 after meeting Charlie Hunt and Tim Boudreau; all three are NetBeans
 evangelists.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>What stands out for you in the evolution of NetBeans? </h5>
 It is really impossible for anyone not to agree on NetBeans's
 evolution, or what I call the “NetBeans Revolution”. Before the
 improvements, IntelliJ was the leader when we talked about innovation;
 now this is changing, and you can see it in the incredible new
 features available in NetBeans, such as the Matisse GUI builder which
 is revolutionary when you're talking about GUI design in Java Swing. I
 can't forget the integrations with the Application Servers, and
 interesting plugins such as the JBoss Seam NetBeans Plugin.<br>
 <br>
 I am also impressed with the NetBeans Platform. If people read the new
 <a href="http://sunlibrary.safaribooksonline.com/9780132354806">Rich
 Client Programming</a> book by Tim Boudreau, Jaroslav Tulach and
 Geertjan
 Wielenga, I'm sure they'll understand the true power of the NetBeans
 Platform. It is really awesome that it gives you a chance to control
 your applications and do whatever you want.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>How do you work in the NetBeans environment? </h5>
 &nbsp;I often create plugins that I call my toys. But I am not the kind
 of user who knows all the short-cuts and hidden tricks. I've not
 bothered with that since I did a Jbuilder certification. Why do you
 need to know ALL of them if you have a good and comfortable mouse?!<br>
 <br>
 <h5>What does it mean for you to be a member of the Dream Team, and
 what do you hope to accomplish during your term?</h5>
 First of all, to be a "Dreamer" for me is a big pleasure because I get
 to talk with many other talented people from different areas of life
 and the world. It's a good way to keep informed about NetBeans and many
 Java-related technologies. The NetBeans Dream Team, in my opinion,
 might be the strongest link between the Community and NetBeans's
 Development team. My hope is that by listening to our ideas and those
 of the community the NetBeans Team will turn NetBeans into a true
 community-driven project.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>Have you started to communicate with the development team?</h5>
 Yes, we've talked a lot about platform development and internal issues.
 One particular thread was about the Diff Module in NetBeans IDE.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>Before the Dream Team, how were you involved in the NetBeans
 Community?</h5>
 I blogged frequently on my <a
  href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edgars/">Java.net blog</a>, created
 screencasts, and gave
 many talks in Brazil. In the past, I also evangelized frequently about
 NetBeans to SouJava, and tried to show how valuable NetBeans was for
 any
 development team. I still do all of these things. One of my plans now
 is to spend some of my free time creating integrations between JBoss
 projects and NetBeans, mainly JBoss Seam and JBoss Rules. <br>
 <br>
 <h5>You maintain two blogs.</h5>
 Yes, I do. <a href="http://www.edgarsilva.com.br">One in Portuguese</a>,
 in
 which I
 talk about various things, from my family to new Classloaders issues;
 and the <a href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edgars/">second in
 English</a> at Java.net that I've already mentioned. It's more serious
 because I talk about Java technologies and NetBeans. <br>
 <br>
 <h5>Is the NetBeans IDE popular&nbsp; among Brazilian developers? </h5>
 When we talk about IDEs in Brazil, NetBeans is a real choice. This is a
 result of the excellent evangelizing done since 2004 by people such as
 Tim Boudreau and Charlie Hunt. They're not Brazilians but these guys
 almost speak Portuguese well because of their many, many trips all over
 Brazil, presenting and
 talking about NetBeans, and carefully teaching from the basic to the
 deep
 details. I think they've had a great time in the process: Charlie, for
 example, was in Belém, and tried Açaí, an amazing
 fruit from the North, while Tim, in Porto Alegre, enjoyed the very best
 barbecues from the Southern region of Brazil. <br>
 <br>
 But I can't forget about one other person, who for me is the most
 important NetBeans evangelist from/in Brazil: <a
  href="http://www.claudius.com.br">Claudio Miranda</a>. He does awesome
 work
 promoting NetBeans in Brazil: testing, reporting
 bugs and working hard at being the NetBeans Guy around here. He not
 only speaks about NetBeans at important Java events in Brazil, but he
 also blogs about it in English and in Portuguese. In the past, we
 promoted the NetBeans Plugins Contest, which motivated
 many teams to create very creative and valuable plugins for NetBeans
 users not only in Brazil but all over the world.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>You and three members of the Dream Team made an appearance at
 JavaOne. What was that event like for you?</h5>
 I enjoyed it. I talked to many people at JavaOne about NetBeans and EJB
 3.0, the subject of my Technical Session there, because developing
 EJB 3 Applications using NetBeans is really easy nowadays. I believe
 that the community needs to know more about Dream Team, and interviews
 like these are good. The community needs to know that we are real
 people and than they can trust in our visions and our work together
 with NetBeans Development team.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>How would you rate the current progress of the Dream Team?</h5>
 Personally, I've been “hibernating” in the last two months because I've
 been really busy, but there are some Dream Teamers who NEVER STOP! I
 read many of their e-mails, and respond to important ones. Overall,
 I'll echo Bruno Souza who said, “I think we are 'walking'”, which is
 better than standing still.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>Are you working on any projects that involve NetBeans?</h5>
 I have many projects, but my special one is called <a
  href="http://greenbox.dev.java.net">Greenbox</a>, which I
 founded. Greenbox is a code-generator framework based on the principles
 of MOF –
 <a href="http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/formal/mof.htm">Metamodel
 Object Facility</a>. I created the project in 2002 due to the need to
 prove to customers
 that Java could be as productive as environment as Delphi or MS Visual
 Basic. In 2005, I created the NetBeans Greenbox plugin, which generates
 Web
 Applications on top of technologies like JSF, Hibernate and Spring. <br>
 <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Greenbox System"
  src="../../../images_www/articles/dreamteam/greenbox-graphic.jpg"
  style="width: 733px; height: 462px;" align="middle" vspace="5"><br>
 <span style="font-style: italic;">The Greenbox System</span><br>
 <div style="text-align: left;"><br>
 </div>
 </div>
 As part of this work, I presented a BOF at JavaOne 2006 with Alexandre
 Gomes, about how we created this plugin, which used many NetBeans
 resources, such as MBR, which is the MOF implementation inside the
 NetBeans
 platform before NetBeans 6.0. <a href="https://netbeans.org/projects/java/">MBR</a>
 in NetBeans
 6.0, as far as I know, is gone or almost gone! So the people from
 Greenbox might change something to be able to generate codes using
 NetBeans plugins. They can do that easily using Java standard
 resources. <br>
 <br>
 I'm very proud of Greenbox even though I am no longer the main
 developer and there are many other people involved in it. A while ago,
 I asked another Greenbox developer about how to solve an
 issue, and he said to me: "But you are the creator! How don't you know
 anything about it?" My answer was: "Greenbox does not belong to me.
 There have been so many improvements that I'm like a newbie developer.”
 This is the magic and one of the best things about open-source. Those
 who are interested can find more information on the <a
  href="http://greenbox.dev.java.net">Greenbox website</a> and can reach
 many
 developers working on it there.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>What do you do in your spare time?</h5>
 I love martial arts and study their philosophies. I've been training in
 Jiu-Jitsu since 1990. I am planning a social
 project involving Jiu-Jitsu and children in Brazil. My plan is to teach
 two hours of Jiu-Jitsu and the philosophies of martial-arts, such as
 discipline, respecting others, respecting the limits, respecting the
 hierarchies and so on. And after the Jiu-Jitsu training, I can help the
 kids with their school work, such as Math, Portuguese, History and so
 on. I am saving a bit of money to start it because a Kimono is not as
 easy
 as to buy as a soccer ball, and a Tatame—a training room—is not as easy
 to find as an empty area to play soccer. I hope to start it soon.
 Furthermore, as I am a Brazilian, I love to play soccer! Unfortunately
 in São Paulo, my circle of friends don't like to play, but when
 I return to Belém, I try to play with my friends there.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>At a time you considered becoming a Jiu-Jitsu instructor, why did
 you go into the technical field?</h5>
 In Brazil, working as a Jiu-Jitsu instructor is really challenging
 because we have really good professionals here, and to work in the
 sport, you must be really dedicated and skilled. When I broke my hands
 and developed problems in my knees, I said to myself: “I don't want to
 be an 'almost good' professor”, because to be a GOOD instructor or a
 great one, you must stay in the competition all time. So I decided on
 an engineering career, not because it was easier, but because I loved
 it as well. This made my dad happy.<br>
 <br>
 <h5>Are there philosophies from your martial arts training that you
 apply to your work as a developer? Do the two complement each other at
 all?</h5>
 Absolutely! They are similar in that in both you must respect others
 and your own limits. As I mentioned before: you must respect the
 hierarchies; know
 that there are winning days, but also know how to manage the days that
 you lose and try to identify your mistakes. <br>
 <br>
 This is the first time that I'm talking about this passion of my
 life—martial arts—and how it relates to my professional life. Many of
 my IT friends are not interested in hearing about it. So, thank you for
 giving me the opportunity to do so. <br>
 <br>
 <h5>Which is harder to master: Jiu-Jitsu or Java?</h5>
 Well, both are changing and getting better all time, so it's really
 hard to answer. Personally, I am better at Java than at Jiu-Jitsu,
 maybe because I spend 10 hours a day on Java, and only two hours on
 Jiu-Jitsu. But both are really similar because you need to study,
 create and innovate!<br>
 &nbsp;<br>
 <h5>Edgar, thank you for this interview. Good luck with your projects
 and the Dream Team.</h5>
 <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(June
 2007)</span><br>
 </div>
 <h2>More Dream Team Profiles</h2>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-bien.html">Adam
 Bien</a><br>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-bold.html">Emilian
 Bold</a><br>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-brabant.html">Vincent
 Brabant</a>
 <br>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-chandler.html">Wade
 Chandler</a>
 <br>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-giudici.html">Fabrizio
 Giudici</a><br>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-plewe.html">Joerg
 Plewe</a><br>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-senger.html">Vinicius
 Senger</a><br>
 <a
  href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-urrutia.html">Ibon
 Urrutia</a><br>
 <br>
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	<h1>Series: Meet the Dream Team Members</h1>
	<span style="font-style: italic;">(In January 2007, we announced the 11
	charter members of the <a
	href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/NetBeansDreamTeam">NetBeans
	Dream
	Team</a>, a community-oriented group of highly skilled NetBeans users
	devoted to promoting NetBeans and working on the NetBeans Project. In
	these interviews discover who they are, why they are passionate about
	NetBeans and what goals they have for the NetBeans project.)<br>
	<br>
	<br>
	</span>
	<h1>Edgar Silva</h1>
	<img alt="Edgar Silva"
	src="../../../images_www/articles/dreamteam/edgar-silva.png"
	style="width: 261px; height: 286px;" align="left" hspace="10"
	vspace="5">
	<h5>Please
	tell us a bit about yourself.</h5>
	I work for Red Hat in Brazil as a Solutions Architect in the Sales
	Engineers Department. I am responsible for many areas related to JBoss
	products in Brazil, such as helping customers to use JEE, SOA and
	Middleware technologies properly. <br>
	<br>
	Additionally, I have been actively helping the Java Community in Brazil
	(<a href="http://www.soujava.org.br/">SouJava</a>) since 2004. Before
	that, I was the founder of the Belém Java User
	Group (BelJug). Belém is my native city, and located in
	the Amazon region. Nowadays, BelJug is now known as SouJava
	Belém.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>Can you describe your introduction to NetBeans?</h5>
	I tried NetBeans 3.x for the first time in 2002 when I was a Java
	training instructor. At that time, teaching Java Web Development with
	NetBeans was great because even resources to create new TagLibraries
	was available in the IDE. So it was really easy for students to focus
	on relevant issues and not spend as much time configuring XMLs and
	descriptors. Working in NetBeans even helped people who were studying
	for Sun's Java Web certification. <br>
	<br>
	But I became an official NetBeans user in 2004 after working with my
	friend Cláudio Miranda at Caixa Economica Federal's Project, and
	after meeting Charlie Hunt and Tim Boudreau; all three are NetBeans
	evangelists.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>What stands out for you in the evolution of NetBeans? </h5>
	It is really impossible for anyone not to agree on NetBeans's
	evolution, or what I call the “NetBeans Revolution”. Before the
	improvements, IntelliJ was the leader when we talked about innovation;
	now this is changing, and you can see it in the incredible new
	features available in NetBeans, such as the Matisse GUI builder which
	is revolutionary when you're talking about GUI design in Java Swing. I
	can't forget the integrations with the Application Servers, and
	interesting plugins such as the JBoss Seam NetBeans Plugin.<br>
	<br>
	I am also impressed with the NetBeans Platform. If people read the new
	<a href="http://sunlibrary.safaribooksonline.com/9780132354806">Rich
	Client Programming</a> book by Tim Boudreau, Jaroslav Tulach and
	Geertjan
	Wielenga, I'm sure they'll understand the true power of the NetBeans
	Platform. It is really awesome that it gives you a chance to control
	your applications and do whatever you want.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>How do you work in the NetBeans environment? </h5>
	I often create plugins that I call my toys. But I am not the kind
	of user who knows all the short-cuts and hidden tricks. I've not
	bothered with that since I did a Jbuilder certification. Why do you
	need to know ALL of them if you have a good and comfortable mouse?!<br>
	<br>
	<h5>What does it mean for you to be a member of the Dream Team, and
	what do you hope to accomplish during your term?</h5>
	First of all, to be a "Dreamer" for me is a big pleasure because I get
	to talk with many other talented people from different areas of life
	and the world. It's a good way to keep informed about NetBeans and many
	Java-related technologies. The NetBeans Dream Team, in my opinion,
	might be the strongest link between the Community and NetBeans's
	Development team. My hope is that by listening to our ideas and those
	of the community the NetBeans Team will turn NetBeans into a true
	community-driven project.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>Have you started to communicate with the development team?</h5>
	Yes, we've talked a lot about platform development and internal issues.
	One particular thread was about the Diff Module in NetBeans IDE.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>Before the Dream Team, how were you involved in the NetBeans
	Community?</h5>
	I blogged frequently on my <a
	href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edgars/">Java.net blog</a>, created
	screencasts, and gave
	many talks in Brazil. In the past, I also evangelized frequently about
	NetBeans to SouJava, and tried to show how valuable NetBeans was for
	any
	development team. I still do all of these things. One of my plans now
	is to spend some of my free time creating integrations between JBoss
	projects and NetBeans, mainly JBoss Seam and JBoss Rules. <br>
	<br>
	<h5>You maintain two blogs.</h5>
	Yes, I do. <a href="http://www.edgarsilva.com.br">One in Portuguese</a>,
	in
	which I
	talk about various things, from my family to new Classloaders issues;
	and the <a href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edgars/">second in
	English</a> at Java.net that I've already mentioned. It's more serious
	because I talk about Java technologies and NetBeans. <br>
	<br>
	<h5>Is the NetBeans IDE popular  among Brazilian developers? </h5>
	When we talk about IDEs in Brazil, NetBeans is a real choice. This is a
	result of the excellent evangelizing done since 2004 by people such as
	Tim Boudreau and Charlie Hunt. They're not Brazilians but these guys
	almost speak Portuguese well because of their many, many trips all over
	Brazil, presenting and
	talking about NetBeans, and carefully teaching from the basic to the
	deep
	details. I think they've had a great time in the process: Charlie, for
	example, was in Belém, and tried Açaí, an amazing
	fruit from the North, while Tim, in Porto Alegre, enjoyed the very best
	barbecues from the Southern region of Brazil. <br>
	<br>
	But I can't forget about one other person, who for me is the most
	important NetBeans evangelist from/in Brazil: <a
	href="http://www.claudius.com.br">Claudio Miranda</a>. He does awesome
	work
	promoting NetBeans in Brazil: testing, reporting
	bugs and working hard at being the NetBeans Guy around here. He not
	only speaks about NetBeans at important Java events in Brazil, but he
	also blogs about it in English and in Portuguese. In the past, we
	promoted the NetBeans Plugins Contest, which motivated
	many teams to create very creative and valuable plugins for NetBeans
	users not only in Brazil but all over the world.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>You and three members of the Dream Team made an appearance at
	JavaOne. What was that event like for you?</h5>
	I enjoyed it. I talked to many people at JavaOne about NetBeans and EJB
	3.0, the subject of my Technical Session there, because developing
	EJB 3 Applications using NetBeans is really easy nowadays. I believe
	that the community needs to know more about Dream Team, and interviews
	like these are good. The community needs to know that we are real
	people and than they can trust in our visions and our work together
	with NetBeans Development team.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>How would you rate the current progress of the Dream Team?</h5>
	Personally, I've been “hibernating” in the last two months because I've
	been really busy, but there are some Dream Teamers who NEVER STOP! I
	read many of their e-mails, and respond to important ones. Overall,
	I'll echo Bruno Souza who said, “I think we are 'walking'”, which is
	better than standing still.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>Are you working on any projects that involve NetBeans?</h5>
	I have many projects, but my special one is called <a
	href="http://greenbox.dev.java.net">Greenbox</a>, which I
	founded. Greenbox is a code-generator framework based on the principles
	of MOF –
	<a href="http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/formal/mof.htm">Metamodel
	Object Facility</a>. I created the project in 2002 due to the need to
	prove to customers
	that Java could be as productive as environment as Delphi or MS Visual
	Basic. In 2005, I created the NetBeans Greenbox plugin, which generates
	Web
	Applications on top of technologies like JSF, Hibernate and Spring. <br>
	<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Greenbox System"
	src="../../../images_www/articles/dreamteam/greenbox-graphic.jpg"
	style="width: 733px; height: 462px;" align="middle" vspace="5"><br>
	<span style="font-style: italic;">The Greenbox System</span><br>
	<div style="text-align: left;"><br>
	</div>
	</div>
	As part of this work, I presented a BOF at JavaOne 2006 with Alexandre
	Gomes, about how we created this plugin, which used many NetBeans
	resources, such as MBR, which is the MOF implementation inside the
	NetBeans
	platform before NetBeans 6.0. <a href="https://netbeans.org/projects/java/">MBR</a>
	in NetBeans
	6.0, as far as I know, is gone or almost gone! So the people from
	Greenbox might change something to be able to generate codes using
	NetBeans plugins. They can do that easily using Java standard
	resources. <br>
	<br>
	I'm very proud of Greenbox even though I am no longer the main
	developer and there are many other people involved in it. A while ago,
	I asked another Greenbox developer about how to solve an
	issue, and he said to me: "But you are the creator! How don't you know
	anything about it?" My answer was: "Greenbox does not belong to me.
	There have been so many improvements that I'm like a newbie developer.”
	This is the magic and one of the best things about open-source. Those
	who are interested can find more information on the <a
	href="http://greenbox.dev.java.net">Greenbox website</a> and can reach
	many
	developers working on it there.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>What do you do in your spare time?</h5>
	I love martial arts and study their philosophies. I've been training in
	Jiu-Jitsu since 1990. I am planning a social
	project involving Jiu-Jitsu and children in Brazil. My plan is to teach
	two hours of Jiu-Jitsu and the philosophies of martial-arts, such as
	discipline, respecting others, respecting the limits, respecting the
	hierarchies and so on. And after the Jiu-Jitsu training, I can help the
	kids with their school work, such as Math, Portuguese, History and so
	on. I am saving a bit of money to start it because a Kimono is not as
	easy
	as to buy as a soccer ball, and a Tatame—a training room—is not as easy
	to find as an empty area to play soccer. I hope to start it soon.
	Furthermore, as I am a Brazilian, I love to play soccer! Unfortunately
	in São Paulo, my circle of friends don't like to play, but when
	I return to Belém, I try to play with my friends there.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>At a time you considered becoming a Jiu-Jitsu instructor, why did
	you go into the technical field?</h5>
	In Brazil, working as a Jiu-Jitsu instructor is really challenging
	because we have really good professionals here, and to work in the
	sport, you must be really dedicated and skilled. When I broke my hands
	and developed problems in my knees, I said to myself: “I don't want to
	be an 'almost good' professor”, because to be a GOOD instructor or a
	great one, you must stay in the competition all time. So I decided on
	an engineering career, not because it was easier, but because I loved
	it as well. This made my dad happy.<br>
	<br>
	<h5>Are there philosophies from your martial arts training that you
	apply to your work as a developer? Do the two complement each other at
	all?</h5>
	Absolutely! They are similar in that in both you must respect others
	and your own limits. As I mentioned before: you must respect the
	hierarchies; know
	that there are winning days, but also know how to manage the days that
	you lose and try to identify your mistakes. <br>
	<br>
	This is the first time that I'm talking about this passion of my
	life—martial arts—and how it relates to my professional life. Many of
	my IT friends are not interested in hearing about it. So, thank you for
	giving me the opportunity to do so. <br>
	<br>
	<h5>Which is harder to master: Jiu-Jitsu or Java?</h5>
	Well, both are changing and getting better all time, so it's really
	hard to answer. Personally, I am better at Java than at Jiu-Jitsu,
	maybe because I spend 10 hours a day on Java, and only two hours on
	Jiu-Jitsu. But both are really similar because you need to study,
	create and innovate!<br>
	<br>
	<h5>Edgar, thank you for this interview. Good luck with your projects
	and the Dream Team.</h5>
	<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(June
	2007)</span><br>
	</div>
	<h2>More Dream Team Profiles</h2>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-bien.html">Adam
	Bien</a><br>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-bold.html">Emilian
	Bold</a><br>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-brabant.html">Vincent
	Brabant</a>
	<br>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-chandler.html">Wade
	Chandler</a>
	<br>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-giudici.html">Fabrizio
	Giudici</a><br>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-plewe.html">Joerg
	Plewe</a><br>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-senger.html">Vinicius
	Senger</a><br>
	<a
	href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/dreamprofile-urrutia.html">Ibon
	Urrutia</a><br>
	<br>
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