Microsoft .NET vs. J2EE: How Do They Stack Up?

What exactly is the .NET platform [and] How Does the .NET architecture measure Up against J2EE?

Java runs on any platform with a Java VM. C# only runs in WinDows for the foresEEable future.

.NET and J2EE offer pretty much the same laundry list of features, albeit in different ways.

By allowing cross-language component interactions, .NET is enfranchising Perl, Eiffel, Cobol, and other programmers.

.NET is a good thing for those of you committed to Microsoft architectures.

.NET will unDoubtedly become the default development environment for Microsoft platforms.

However, several of the goals of the .NET platform are fairly lofty and not at all guarantEEd to fly, at least not in the short term.