I agree. I know some awesome Java developers that use Netbeans, Vim, Emacs, Eclipse, and one or two that use IDEA. And this is not on tiny projects or lone code

I agree. I know some awesome Java developers that use Netbeans, Vim, Emacs, Eclipse, and one or two that use IDEA. And this is not on tiny projects or lone coder things. This is an enterprise Java app that is probably one of the largest Java apps in the world. IDEA might be great, but so is Eclipse, NB, Vim, and Emacs in the hands of a developer worth their salt.