Comparing Eclipse and NetBeans

Java.sun.com, Sun's main Java site, has a new article
up(http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/ditzel_qa.html)
that compares NetBeans with Eclipse. In it, Sun's Charles Ditzel
claims:

-- NetBeans is a far simpler download with far greater functionality.
For instance, he says, "to build a graphical user interface (GUI),
NetBeans provides the NetBeans IDE GUI Builder, the best free Java
technology-based GUI builder. Eclipse 3.1 requires you to download
Visual Editor Project, which is another 7 or 8 megabytes, and has
nowhere near the features of the NetBeans IDE GUI Builder.
If you want to build a Struts, JavaServer Pages (JSP), or JavaServer
Faces technology-based web application with the NetBeans IDE, it's
already included, whereas with Eclipse, you have to download a 180+
megabyte Web Tools Platform (WTP) project that lacks Struts support and
requires yet another module for JavaServer Faces technology support."

-- He admits that Eclipse is addressing compatibility issues with
Callisto, but says the "jury is still out".

My experience is mostly with NetBeans. Question: Is Ditzel giving a
straight story or just being a shill for Sun, where he works? Would
anyone who has knowledge of both Eclipse and NetBeans care to take what
he says on? Or, for that matter, confirm it?

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