Microsoft casts .Net for Java developers
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft has released a new programming tool aimed at attracting Java developers to its .Net software strategy. At its Tech Ed 2002 Europe developer conference Monday, Microsoft released the final version of Visual J#.Net, a tool that lets programmers use the Java language to build software that works only with Microsoft's .Net technology. The tool doesn't allow programmers to build standalone Java software. The .Net plan is a strategy for building software using Web services, an emerging trend that allows companies to interact and conduct business via the Internet. Competitors, including Sun Microsystems, IBM, Oracle and BEA Systems, support a rival method of building Web services that uses the Java standard.