Which is the best RCP platform [closed]

Question

I am building a desktop application. Our analysis says it would be better built with a RCP. Should I use the eclipse or netbeans platform to build my application . Some of the factors to consider are

• Performance
• Look and Feel
• Popularity among target users (developers/testers)
• License (has to be some FOSS)

The application will be having things like text editor, grid views, block diagrams and graph visualizations.

I already have experience with netbeans development, but learning eclipse won't hurt. any other options would be welcome too.

Answer 1

I've used Eclipse to build an RCP text editors, multiple views and graph diagrams (lacking only the block diagrams you mention). The environment was pretty good as well as the support in the community for getting help (it was my first Eclipse RCP experience - nearly all my questions had been answered at one point or another in the eclipse forums. When not - I got great feedback.)

The platform was pretty lightweight and handled memory well generally speaking. Some problems that you might run into, you'll likely run into on any platform you choose.