Java and .Net application development are being advanced through an upgrade to Java and an implementation of the Python programming language for .Net. On the Java side of the aisle, an Early Draft ...

Customers are more likely to use Java than Microsoft's .Net because it is considered more open. But if Sun Microsystems' language reveals any weaknesses, companies would not hesitate to go with the ...

J2EE technology is in a very healthy state, staving off the rival .Net platform and fostering innovation, said Rod Johnson, founder of the open source Spring Framework for Java development, in a ...

"Microsoft actually supports what people are calling 'Web services' - SOAP, xML, etc. - better than Java," says Randy Starr, Countermind's director of mobile and wireless solutions practice.