I've started to use JDeveloper the last few days, and as a Java novice that is drowning in the sea of acronyms and the multitude of implementations in the market of Java Enterprise Edition, I find the JDeveloper as the solution to any Java Developer looking for an Oracle-centric IDE (that is half open and half tightly-coupled with various Oracle flagship applications).
As Oracle will now have the upperhand in the Java world, I assume that going the Oracle way would not bring the best value to the Java EE applications, but would bring the best integration of the various Java technologies.
