What's up with Microsoft release of J#.NET?
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft plans to make available this week a test version of a new tool intended to attract Java developers to the company's .Net Web services plan. The limited capability of Visual J#.Net lets Microsoft sidestep licensing issues with Java's creator, Sun Microsystems. The two companies have been sparring over Java for years. Sun sued Microsoft for $35 million in 1997, saying Microsoft breached its contract by trying to extend Java so it would work differently on Windows computers. A Sun representative warned Tuesday that Java developers using Visual J#.Net will fall prey to a Microsoft lock-in strategy.