When did Netbeans 6 go Beta?

I usually pride myself on being pretty up on the latest builds of Netbeans. However it seems that the latest release passed me by. A colleague asked me if I had the latest Beta of 6.0. "Nope" I said and checked the site. Wherever I looked I could only see the latest Milestone (currently 10) but no beta. Then he showed me this link. Does this mean 6.0 went beta silently? Did I miss the announcement? What's up guys? Loving the new pastille icon though...