Does the web.xml contain the following servlet class that you did not add:
com.sun.ws.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer
I think that could be the problem. NetBeans 6.1 may be erroneously modifying the web.xml as part of the RESTful Web services support.
Paul.
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