Java v. .Net?
JEmLAC writes: "Fawcette's running an interesting piece (in conjuction with JavaOne) on a presentation by Gartner analyst Mark Driver concerning the emerging niches for Java/J2EE and .Net in the deployment of Web services. His take is that by 2005, they will be co-standards."
We have been using DotNet to build webservices based systems for the following reasons:
1. It is faster. Graphics are incredibly fast.
2. The debugging is much better. You can run the debugger on webservices or web pages.
3. The drag-and-drop GUI designer. Nothing like this exists for Java.
4. Fewer open source competitors. Java is infested with open sourcers which makes it an unattractive market for commercial companies.